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MIC ADVICE
MIC ADVICE
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PaulM
23 posts
May 04, 2010
4:19 AM
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I need a new mic and could use some advice. I'm currently playing through a selectable Hi/Lo-Z inexpensive mic that I purchased off of the internet. It's not a bad mic, but it has a very short cord and its basic construction isn't too great-it started coming apart on stage the other night.
Although I prefer playing blues, the band does rock and country as well, so I wind up playing "clean" more than I do distorted / dirty. So I need something versatile.
I play through a Harp Commander III Pre-amp into the PA, so I have the ability to manipulate the signal and can go hi/lo Z.
I've heard that the Shure Unidyne 545SD might be a good fit?
I would greatly appreciate some advice from the forum, experimentation by purchase is expensive.
Thanks,
Paul
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jbone
315 posts
May 04, 2010
4:27 AM
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545 is a good mic. clean but can be made to howl with a tight cup if the p.a. channel is set right for it. another is the plain jane sm57.
greg heumann makes a mic holder that slips over the sm57 and other models if you like the idea of something bigger to grip and it makes cupping easier for better compression and hand effects. and my guess would be it can help reduce hand fatigue as well.
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oda
304 posts
May 04, 2010
4:33 AM
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Shure 545
The internal 51E23 transformer has low impedance and high impedance windings, and is what makes the mic so powerful and versatile.
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Hobostubs Ashlock
749 posts
May 04, 2010
4:47 AM
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your going to think im crazy,and 6 months ago i would of not thought this,But i have a green bullet,that i was using for a 12 watt kustom preamp tube,Im on a budget dont laugh:-)anyways I bought a EGG-static awhile back of ebay 20$,and used it with another amp befor getting the green bullet and kustom amp,after getting the bullet,i put the egg up,well the other day i was trying to crank my amp up to see,how it works while loud and the green bullet was causing feedback,So i tried the egg again,Wow the little 20$ egg from ebay,sounds great i can crank the amp up louder,the mic, is clean sounding,but with some amp tweaking i can get a dirty tone,its small so i can work my hands some,and its not heavy,and best of all it uses regular guitar cords so i dont have to worry about replacing a bad cord.I love the little egg,I cant believe im using it enstead of the green bullet.But i am.I highly recomend the egg-static mic.the only problem is i got the one without a volume control but i think they have both.
Last Edited by on May 04, 2010 4:59 AM
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PaulM
24 posts
May 04, 2010
10:06 AM
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jbone: I have long fingers, so if I go with a stick mike, I'll probably need the mic holder you mentioned.
Oda: I've heard that the low impedence is preferable, but the high seems more versatile as it'll go both directly into an amp as well as the mixer / pre-amp?
Hobostubs: I've seen the Egg Static, but dismissed it as a gimic. Perhaps a second look is in order.
Thanks for the feedback.
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Greg Heumann
427 posts
May 04, 2010
9:48 PM
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Its hard to go wrong with the 545 or the SM57. They are very versatile mics with warm clean tone and god break up when pressed.
The mic holder is called "The Bulletizer" and you can read about it here:
The Bulletizer
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Last Edited by on May 04, 2010 9:49 PM
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Hobostubs Ashlock
752 posts
May 04, 2010
11:49 PM
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dont get me wrong if you got the money or a nice amp setup the egg might suck,but ive found that with what im running,it does better than my green bullet,its cleaner so i have to run a little of the amps distortion at about 1.but im really likeing the overall,use of the egg static.for right now at least.
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jbone
316 posts
May 05, 2010
4:25 AM
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bullet vs clean sound mic, it all depends on what you're looking for at a given time. i like both depending on what/where who i'm playing with, and when we busk on the street there is NO mic or amp usually, so i get to really work on resonance and hand effects etc.
addressing a mic is crucial also. if you watch sonny terry, sbII, and others, you see that they seldom messed with bullet mics and making a big deal about gear, they just played into what was available and rarely even touched a mic, just varied their distance from one as needed.
for me the big trick with a low-z mic, into an amp or the p.a., is to have that channel set with more bass, less highs and gain, and some effects if they are available to get it a little "wet". the least amount of volume through the p.a. monitor if it's in the p.a. means less feedback issues.
hobo, a few years ago i had to use my small tube amp for a p.a. for a time, with a sm57 or a sm58, for vocals. then i had to use a really cheap condenser mic into a danelectro ss amp for harp. very limited settings on the amp and if i wasn't careful it was a squealing nightmare. and just to dampen the highs a bit i hung a towel over the front of the amp. it worked pretty fair but i was real glad to finally get a small fender p.a. for vocals and go back to the silvertone amp and a bullet mic with a cm or a crystal element for harp.
speaking of crystal elements, they have a much cleaner sound than a cm. depending on amp settings you can even sing through one. yet also depending on amp settings and cupping technique a crystal can be made to growl and bark as well.
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