Re: SM 58 Question

[Ken Ficara <kenficara@xxxxxxxxx>]

I assume you folks are playing these Sennheisers on the mic stand, not
handheld? How do they work for vocals?

Ken


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From: pl500@xxxxxxx <pl500@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 21:46:20 EDT
Subject: Re: SM 58 Question
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx



In a message dated 7/20/04 7:52:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
I went through a bunch of mic in the past few weeks.  I noticed
little to no difference in the SM 58/58B The 58B seems to run hotter.
I used the SM57 for awhile and thought that sounded good.  Then I dug
out my Sennheiser 441.  Nothing beats that for capturing the acoustic
harmonica sounds.  The 441 makes the shures sound like mud.  I also
had very good results with the Shure SM81 but that picked up too much
breathing.
Indeed, 
 
When I started gigging I went through a Shure 57 and settled for a
Sennheiser e835 when I found one for $40 used. I have run a number of
other mics acoustically (Shure 58, Samson R11, Shure 57) and found the
Sennheiser to be the best sounding out of all them. I will say for an
acoustic mic it certain captures the lower mids better than any
acoustic I have used so far. A Shure 58 is a great acoustic mic, but I
believe it is better for vocals than harp (it tends to accent the
upper mids and highs a bit much). The Sennheiser tends to be a bit
kinder in my opinion to harmonica and accents the bottom mids much
better than other acoustic mics which I have used. Shop around and try
out a bunch of different mics and find the one which suits you.
 
Andrew