Microphone recommends for home studio recording?

[mando-bob]

Has anyone tried an Ear Trumpet "Edwina"? ...asking for a friend,,,

I own an Edwina and tried it on mandolin, where I most of the time use a Neumann KM84.
I really liked the sound the Edwina supplies, also on guitar and vocals - great mic.

Here are two shoot-outs I once did with different mics on mandolin:

[cartershilts]

A Shure SM7B with a CloudLifter will sound fantastic on mandolin, vocals, guitar, along with several other uses. Very transparent sounding microphone. It's more well-known as a vocal/podcasting mic but sounds excellent on guitar and mando as well. Super versatile. If you shop around you can probably find an SM7B for around $350 and a CloudLifter for $150.

[BoxCarJoe]

A Shure SM7B with a CloudLifter will sound fantastic on mandolin, vocals, guitar, along with several other uses. Very transparent sounding microphone. It's more well-known as a vocal/podcasting mic but sounds excellent on guitar and mando as well. Super versatile. If you shop around you can probably find an SM7B for around $350 and a CloudLifter for $150.

Agreed.
I'm using a FetHead in place of the CloudLifter and works beautifully at $85.
Also an SM57 clone sounds pretty great also.