Need a new mic

[TestMangler]

As for your pointless question... it depends on the guitar. I'll take my "strat" over an LP any day.

I'm now trying to track down the guy I sold my old Godin Tele to 15 years ago, to see if he still has it and might want to sell it back.

It was a pointless question

Remember the behaviour of your mics will be PA dependant, so trying out mics in a shop may not replicate your subsequent experiences

I use my stuff in sizeable pubs, all relatively similar size so PA set up is pretty much fixed and the instruments don't change greatly either, so it's a fairly well 'sorted' set up.

[WTFH]

It was a pointless question

Remember the behaviour of your mics will be PA dependant, so trying out mics in a shop may not replicate your subsequent experiences

I use my stuff in sizeable pubs, all relatively similar size so PA set up is pretty much fixed and the instruments don't change greatly either, so it's a fairly well 'sorted' set up.

What I want to make sure is that the mic isn't the weak link in the chain

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What I want to make sure is that the mic isn't the weak link in the chain

Be careful in case the weak link becomes the person behind the mic....

[WTFH]

Be careful in case the weak link becomes the person behind the mic....

We know that, I mean the technical weak link.

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We know that, I mean the technical weak link.

technically its still the person behind the mic.

I think you meant technological ..

[WTFH]

technically its still the person behind the mic.

I think you meant technological ..

Pedant!

[BlasterBates]

We know that, I mean the technical weak link.

You will be hard pressed to tell the difference between the different types of Sennheise, Shure or AKG mics. More important is how the PA is set up. I would just go down the shop and pick the mic you like the best. They're all good enough.

[d000hg]

What I want to make sure is that the mic isn't the weak link in the chain

With a minimal "pub gig" PA I think that's very unlikely. We use SM58s at church as the classic live mic but 90% of it is about the PA mix IMO and that's with a half-decent rig. If people can hear you and it's not distorting I'd count that as a win

[TestMangler]

You will be hard pressed to tell the difference between the different types of Sennheise, Shure or AKG mics. More important is how the PA is set up. I would just go down the shop and pick the mic you like the best. They're all good enough.

Tru dat. You mostly need to spend time EQing the singers on the PA and getting the reverb right. If you're using a house PA with a house engineer, you're going to sound tulipe anyway. Dry mixes cause the engineer can't be arsed but will slap you if you try to touch his desk

[TestMangler]

With a minimal "pub gig" PA I think that's very unlikely. We use SM58s at church as the classic live mic but 90% of it is about the PA mix IMO and that's with a half-decent rig. If people can hear you and it's not distorting I'd count that as a win

OOOft........that's fighting talk wor Biffa......