The show is friends that playing a fund raiser in a gallery, they would like to have a recording.... I would like to mess around with my new rig: a match made in heaven. The audience will not be seated.. more milling around. I think I will try both ideas. Start with overhead Healy omnis and when they take a break go to music stand + height cards a few feet in front of them. Since the "audience" will not be watching, I doubt they will be bothered by the vision thing. Should be interesting.
I think I'll experiment in the living room on myself with the mic set-ups playing my guitar. Total volume will be less, but the quality of the instrument sound should be instructive.
Thanks again for all the ideas. I see this +T thing, what is that exactly? What Scott rods do you have? I have 9' for 6# S3, a 9' for 9# S3S and a 9' for 7# S3S.