Acoustic guitar driven song - stereo or mono

[vlm128Participant]

I'm about to record a (soft) rock song driven by a repeating strumming acoustic guitar. Lots of open string but also notes on the high e string.
So the position of the mic changes the sound dramatically.

I need to change the panning throughout the song depending on the the amount of other instruments.

How would you record the acoustic guitar ( Taylor) ?

Those mics are available: 2x Oktava Mk012, 1x Aston Origin, 1x Rode NT1

[KipParticipant]

without hearing the song it would be hard to say

if i had too guess any part where the acoustic is by itself, in and intro or outro breakdown bridge ect i would record stereo..separate pass
then make mono recording for denser parts of the song

how does the room sound can you afford to get some distance from the player ...harder to get guitar to sit in a dense mix
maybe post the demo?
im sure there are people here could give you some great strategies

[Tim MorrisParticipant]

Ok so with my Taylor I record a direct signal 2 times then pan L/R about 50% each, then I will set up a pair of matched Rode NT5 about 300mm away, and then pan those slightly less.

Like this...;-)

https://soundcloud.com/spark240/only-acoustic-master

[KipParticipant]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_0vZNXD7w8

[KipParticipant]

https://thesubsect.bandcamp.com/track/brian-country

the intro and rakes are a Gibson j-200 di only...just saying

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