I primarily use this mic on acoustic guitars, but it also works great on the bottom snare or as an overhead for drums. This microphone has such a vibrant, yet clean sound that has had a huge impact on my recording quality. I have also used the Rode NT1-A and have had great success with both.

Fantasic workhorse mic. Works well for ac. guitar, dobro and mandolin.

An excellent microphone for the price. Great sounding, and good clarity. I generally use mine for 'found sound' type recordings so I haven't tested it fully on everyday instrumentation, but I am confident that it would perform well.

The Rode NT5 is priced well and affordable for a good mic.. This cost me less than half of the amount of the expensive equipment that I had and I have better recordings out of the Rode NT 5 and TC Electronics Desktop Konnekt 6.

Given the plethora of opinion, we will not repeat ... OVERALL OPINION I just spent a whole week at 12 hours a day to try to make it sound.