Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheartThe idea is to have a mic that is somewhat transparent.

A mic will color your sound no matter what. Also, just because you've got your amp sounding amazing, once you put a mic up to it and record, it usually wont sound much like what you hear in the room. Different placement of the mic will produce different tones as well. When mic'ing, the possiblility's are endless.