A decent mic and a good preamp, anything with focusrite on it is acceptable IMHO.

Record at 24bit 44.1 as hot as you can into your sound card the rest is down to perforance and vibe created and final Mix. Reference monitors help but not necessary as long as you know the sound of your system its fine. Ref A/B all the time and keep pluggin FX to a minimum

Regards

Darren