Recordings with mic'd electric guitars - no amps

[phillygtr]

OK that is a convoluted thread title...

Are there recordings with strats, teles, LPs etc (solid body electrics) where they simply mic the acoustic sound of the electric guitar? I know it's a weird idea but I'm just curious if anyone has done this for a serious recording. I'm not talking about hollow body archtops that double as acoustic and electric instruments (but I will let a 335 slip into the discussion).

Thanks.

[78deluxe]

I've heard of this being done, but not as a "standalone" track..combining it with another sound of some kind.

Specifics are slipping my mind.

[Chrome Dinette]

I think the Talking Heads did this with whatever guitar Johnny Marr was playing on the record that he played on.

[therhodeo]

Buddy Holly's strat was mic'd on Peggy Sue.

[timryan257]

I do this a lot on my own recordings. Works great with my Reverend Slingshot, which is pretty resonant unplugged. I just stand a foot or closer to the mic and play it normally. Gives the song a nice percussive chime without muddying up the frequency spectrum. I have only used technique on strummed rhythm parts, don't think it work too well on other kinds of guitar parts.

[tsar nicholas]

There's a prominent "mic'd unamplified solidbody" guitar sound happening in "Been Caught Stealing" by Jane's Addiction

[Two-Octave]

Every single album recorded by Little Feat with Lowell.

[loudboy]

"Taneytown" by Steve Earle is a really cool mix of his amp and guitar (probably an Epi Casino) miked.

[TwoTubMan]

Not a guitar, but didn't Chris Squire do that on "Roundabout"?

[atomicmassunit]

Intro to funky monks by chili peppers.

[BobbyRay]

Gibson ES-345 on Marty Robbins "El Paso". All of the lead guitar is simply the accoustic sound of and ES-345 mic'd played by Grady Martin.

[hurley3038]

John Lennon on 'Revolution'

[michael30]

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The guitar is a strat, recorded by putting a contact mic on the tremolo springs.