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taylor810man · Post by **taylor810man** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 7:24 pm

What's a good acoustic guitar mic??? What does Dave use??

patrickw25 · Post by **patrickw25** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:25 pm

a shure sm57 is hard to beat, butI have no idea what dave uses.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:46 pm

patrickw25 wrote:a shure sm57 is hard to beat, butI have no idea what dave uses.

there are a lot of mics that out do the sm57 for direct micing of a guitar

a condenser mic usually works best

Brock · Post by **Brock** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 8:58 pm

taylor810man wrote:What does Dave use??

Dave doesn't use one. He uses his pickup. (During some of the earlier D+T tours, the crew mic'd both dave's and tim's guitars, but that was informal.)

Links2131 · Post by **Links2131** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:03 pm

hmm that didnt work... He uses a Neumann I forget the model number. Let me post a pic and look for the model

Links2131 · Post by **Links2131** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:07 pm

Links2131 · Post by **Links2131** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:10 pm

I believe its this model
https://www.neumann.com/infopool/mics/p ... ID=tlm170r

Ricky the Pilot · Post by **Ricky the Pilot** » Sun Oct 19, 2003 9:31 pm

On the DMB webpage, click on the TECHNICAL link. They have all the equipment the band uses, maybe Dave +Tim shows also.
http://www.davematthewsband.com/road/frames.html

patrickw25 · Post by **patrickw25** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:57 am

after hard to beat I should have added "for the money". I was saying that for the money they are great.

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 3:43 pm

patrickw25 wrote:after hard to beat I should have added "for the money". I was saying that for the money they are great.

exactly, they are wonderful microphones

taylor810man · Post by **taylor810man** » Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:30 pm

Ok..I have a yorkville acoustic amp with a mic input..will a shure sm57 in that work pretty good.??

RSabala · Post by **RSabala** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:15 pm

The SM57 is usually used to mic an electric amp when used with guitar. I have direct mic'ed my acoustic with it, but a condenser mic sounds much better. There are a few condensers that are under $100 that will suffice. I actually picked up an MXL57 condenser for $40 from Musician's Friend. It has been great so far, especially for the money.

From the instruction manual, you are supposed to mic the SM57 within 6" from the guitar, usually mic'ed around the 12th fret. Any closer or by the soundhole seems to hamper playing.

My suggestion is a condenser. Anyone else?

fatjack · Post by **fatjack** » Wed Oct 22, 2003 8:24 pm

RSabala wrote:The SM57 is usually used to mic an electric amp when used with guitar. I have direct mic'ed my acoustic with it, but a condenser mic sounds much better. There are a few condensers that are under $100 that will suffice. I actually picked up an MXL57 condenser for $40 from Musician's Friend. It has been great so far, especially for the money.

From the instruction manual, you are supposed to mic the SM57 within 6" from the guitar, usually mic'ed around the 12th fret. Any closer or by the soundhole seems to hamper playing.

My suggestion is a condenser. Anyone else?

definitely a condenser, its too difficult to get decent sound out of the sm57 for direct guitar mic

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