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Testing the T-Bone MB75
Testing the T-Bone MB75
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Martin
1004 posts
Apr 21, 2016
9:31 AM
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Recently I got a new microphone, the T-Bone MB 75. Cost me round 300 SEK, 30 Euros.
This was intended just as a backup, but I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it with my amplifiers. Unfortunately I cannot record "live" here at home, so I plugged it into my RP. (And used one of the most worn-out tunes in history as backing, sorry; an old, slightly out of tune Huang Silvertone in D, (should have been an S20 in A -- but I gotta be careful with that one), sorry; and played rather awfully right away with a very ... synthetic sound, sorry.)
Took me all of two minutes -- but none of that is the point here.
I simply can´t tell the difference between this mic and the Audix Fireball that I also use here. Worse (or better, depending on perspective) is that I find it really hard to tell the diffeence even live, with a more "organic" sound.
(I´ll see if I can get a lady in my extended family to make a video when I´m playing through a real amplifier.)
The switch is around 1 min.
The point, and the good news, is that the T-Bone MB-75 appears to be a really nice investment for those of us who, like The J Geils Band, first look at the purse.
Last Edited by Martin on Apr 21, 2016 9:33 AM
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1847
3396 posts
Apr 22, 2016
7:42 AM
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not sure that tune is overplayed, i never ever hear any one play it.
i don't think i have ever played it till just now.
i like how you started to embellish the melody toward the end.
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Martin
1005 posts
Apr 22, 2016
4:21 PM
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There was a time, 1847, when you could not attend a party here in Sweden without some bozo with a guitar treating the audience to his/her version of "House of the rising sun".
It was a terror.
This took place, for my part, mainly in the 1970´s, but I´m pretty certain it had started earlier. It´s calmer now, I admit, but if you never ever hear anyone play it I´m seriously curious about where you live.
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JustFuya
903 posts
Apr 23, 2016
12:20 AM
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Nicely done.
It has always been my understanding that this song is one of the first stepping stones to learning guitar. I could be wrong but I'm absolutely sure that it does grate on the nerves of many.
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Barley Nectar
1203 posts
Apr 23, 2016
9:18 AM
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Very nice Martin, that is a great song and seldom heard live nowadays. Great tone also!
I tried to get a band I was in years ago to do this. I wanted to do the first verse traditionally than go to a swing grove for all but the last bit. A keyboard player who was not in the band, just for one practice, took right off on the swing version. It was a great grove but our rock headed front man could not get a grip on it. Maybe I'll find someone to do the swing arrangement some day...BN
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Martin
1006 posts
Apr 24, 2016
6:17 AM
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Hey hey, thank you guys, you are way too kind about my sloppy playing here -- but please note that this was only intended as a demo of a new mic (four times less expensive than the Audix).
To make it a bit more lively, while not drenching the sound, I took one of the few guitar only-backing tracks I had.
I seriously recommend those of you who are on the lookout for a new inexpensive micto give this T-Bone a check.
Of course I can´t say if it will last me for the rest of m life, but hopefully it will string along for a while.
As for "The house of the rising sun" I believe it must have been The Animals knockout version, from -64, that certified its popularity. As indicated I´ve heard the tune more times than I care to remember, but a swing version, as BN mentions -- no, that remains. I think a gruop called Frigid Pink did it in the early 70´s and had a minor hit; then a disco version a few years on etc -- and then all those hopeless self-appointed troubadours that plagued the world for such a long time. Well well.
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