Each of these examples was recorded using the bass pickup direct (left channel) and a Lawson L47 tube microphone aimed at the sound hole (right channel). Both channels went into a stereo Vintech Neve 1272 preamp, were recorded to hard disk at 24 bit, 44.1 kHz, and then compressed into MP3 files.
Recorded using a Neumann hand held KMS105, AD preamp, Microtrack recorder