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Personally, I like decent sounding dynamics (RE20 style, MD421/441) or an LDC (AT4050, U87, C414) positioned close up wherever sounds best. As a really broad generalisation, dynamics constrain the sound a little more and to my ears present the guitar a little more up front but contained in the mix, condensers let the guitar sit a little further back and sound bigger but more relaxed.
I do like the '57, but almost never as a solo capture - i like to get them as close to the main mic as possible to maximise phase coherency, then just sneak them in - usually about 6-10dB quieter - just to get a little bit of midrange push/ that classic sm57 saturation.
SM7b is pretty much a better sounding SM57, though IMO on guitar that quite often translates to "all the problems of an SM57 but also a bit more boring". Ribbons are popular choices, though personally I don't like them alone on guitar. They often sound very smooth and big solo then muddy in a mix.
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