Life Like Guitar Recording?

[leond]

I recently tried recording my guitar. The signal chain was guitar into amp, miked with a Shure SM 57 into a Digidesign MBox into Pro Tools LE running on a G4 PowerBook. I placed the mic next to the speaker grill in the center of the speaker.

When I played back the recording through my PA, the guitar sounded very thin compared to the live sound. I also listened through a set of AKG K241 headphones. It sounded thin through those also. It didn't sound anything like it did live.

I spent the next hour trying different mike placements. I found that close miking, off center filled out the sound somewhat but it still wasn't nearly the sound of the guitar live.

So, is it possible to get a true recording with this setup? Do I need to try locating the mike differently or try different mikes. Or is this something that's normally handled with some EQ in the software?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,
LeonD