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Honestly, micing an amp is a serious pain in the ass. Finding the sweetspot is very time consuming and you should probably trying different positions. Also, I'd stay away from an SM57. I can't understand why anyone likes their sound. They have a very nasally sound to them. I'd go with something more neutral like a decent condenser mic. I don't know how good your Samson is but I've had great results with a Rode NT-1. I recently picked up an AKG C1000S and it too works great but I haven't been able to get "the" sound from it yet though I haven't worked with it long. Also, have you tried EQ'ing the resulting recording? Most of the time you will need to EQ the recording at least a little. Mic position alone isn't usually enough for "master tone". It could be your mic quality. Sucks though that mics aren't returnable. I'd like to buy several models and test them all and just keep the best and return the rest.
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