When I was working at the SCP APPLE Store, I saw we had SHURE and (IIRC) Viox Cardioids there for such things. Me? I have a SHURE SM57 for vocals and my 12-string has a pick-up installed in it. However, you could perhaps check out most directional mics or perhaps a Dean Markley 'Humbucker' pick up for the sound hole of the guit. My cousins and uncle gave me a Yamaha MOTIF ES6 for Chrissy and I am still wading through the manual. The beast has many 'voices' and I have been futzing about recording it directly into GB. So far, so cool..... Jenny Sutherland (No relation to Allen) On Feb 1, 2005, at 12:00 PM, macproaudio-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: Can anyone suggest a reasonably priced/quality stereo microphone to do home studio recordings of acoustic guitar/vocals with GarageBand, iMic and Griffin's Garageband microphone cable? I would rather avoid lots of other equipment like preamps and compressors but are these things essential.....?