I play acoustic guitar and I sing, I'd prefer to record without using a pickup as that creates a much cleaner tone in my opinion (and I like the scratching of the strings sometimes), but I need a good microphone for that. I'd like to use the one mic for both vocals and guitar unless you can find me a good, cheap combo that would sound better (both layering tracks and playing and singing at once) and I guess we'll say about $200 for the price range. Also, may be working with cajons soon enough, so they'd have to sound nice enough through the mic.