Miking Leslies
I've long been a critic of how Leslie speakers are typically miked, both in the studio and on stage. Little attention is paid to capturing its lush complexity, perhaps because it's so hard to do.
It is, after all, a complex acoustical phenomenon involving the blending of multiple reflections, each with slightly different subtle pitch shifts. A hard thing to capture - but still no excuse for collapsing a wonderfully three-dimensional effect into a bland monophonic warble, which is what happens when you use one mic and position it too close.
This link came by way of the Harmony Central newsletter, and it's the best guide to miking a Leslie that I've seen. I highly recommend reading it, even if you don't think you'll ever actually need to do it yourself. You never know, someday it might arm you with enough information to save an innocent Leslie from mistreatment.
BTW, the author has also written
other articles on subjects such as recording bass and miking guitar cabinets. I have not read them yet, but intend to after reading the Leslie article.