Microphone Recommendations needed

[steve(thelil)]

My wife thrilled and surprised me with a Marshall AS50R (acoustic guitar) amplifier for Christmas.

I never expected her to go out and buy me an amp. Last year I put a considerable amount of money into a repair of my big old Guild acoustic and started playing guitar again. Which made me want to start playing my electric (an old Strat) again. Which means I needed an amp, and I must have mentioned it.

I didn't even know that there was such a thing as an acoustic guitar amp and wasn't thinking about the amp as mainly for the acoustic or for playing/singing/self-accompanyment. But it appears that when the guy at the store asked her which guitar I needed an amp for she said something like, "Gee, I don't even know. He seems to play the acoustic alot" (naturally I've been playing acoustic since I can't even locate my old guitar amp and my nephew claims he has nothing to do with its disappearance).

So at first I was a little disappointed, since I was thinking that I couldn't even play the electric thru the new Marshall Acoustic Amp. But then I read up on it and played both the acoustic and electric through it and fell totally in love. I haven't even looked into amps since they've had the kind of cool electronics the AS50R has (feedback killing functions, excellent reverb settings and chorus settings). I guess it isn't the right amp if you want to play electric in a band with other electric instruments, since it doesn't have the power to compete, but for fooling around with the electric at home it sounds wonderful.

Nonetheless, it seems like this amp is designed for people who want to sing and accompany themself on acoustic guitar. So I wanna buy a mic for it as soon as I can. And I need your help as far as what mike to get.

Thanks

[Dr Dave]

I've used one of these since like forever. Still have one knocking around someplace. I don't know if they're the best sound, but they're sure as hell durable.

[Squaredancecalling Steve]

I use an Electrovoice ND767a, around the same price range as Doc's rec. The specs are on a download from
http://www.electrovoice.com/Electrov...256B96005D42AD

Hit the link for the 767 for a general description, then the first link on that page for more info, or the second for the whole EV mic catalog. I've been doing 360+ gigs a year with this one for about a year-and-a-half, and with its EV predecessor for ten years.

My music's on a separate channel when I used recorded music, and the bands have their own mics for live-music dances, so I'm only talking voice here. Don't know about the adding the guitar.

[frank m]

can any of you folks recommend a microphone of suitable quality for recording audio quality commensurate with a mini disc or an iPod with a Griffin iTalk. I must admit I'm baffled why the iTalk has capability of using an auxilary Mike. Anybody Know?



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[J Lee]

I don't really understand what "commensurate with a minidisc...[or whatever]" means, nor what "suitable quality" for your application means. I suspect no one else does, either, which is probably the reason for the lack of response.

However, I use a Shure SM57 for just about everything around the house -- guitar amps, spoken word, etc. It's small, cheap, sturdy, a workhorse, and a professional staple.

But, do explain -- do you mean you want a small, low-quality microphone to go along with your ipod? A recording is only as good as the instruments with which it is produced, no? On the other hand, if an I-Pod cannot record particularly well, or you can't set the levels yourself, then you may be better off with one more commensurate with it, i.e., a cheap lapel mic or one hidden in the end of a ballpoint pen procured at a science fair....What do you mean?