Re: [Harp-L] RE: green bullet

["Larry L. Ravlin" <sheepdip@xxxxxxxxxx>]

So how did you determine the cap size?  If its a VC do you remove the
existing pot and replace it?

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Matthew Prouty <matthewprouty@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:42 AM
Subject: [Harp-L] RE: green bullet


> I make what many people call the Rod Piazza Mod to my mics.  Astatic
> or Shure.  I put a 500K to 1Meg pot and a cap across the two posts
> depending how hot the mic is. The cap and the pot vary from mic to mic
> but stay within a specific range.  The caps can be from .001 mfd to
> .004 mfd in my experience (if I remember correctly) I think the codes
> are 102 to 471.  The pot will allow you to turn the feed of the mic
> back and turn the amp up to get a good tone range before feedback and
> the cap works as a high pass filter, exactly like the bright caps on
> Fender amps.  The pot works like a high frequency low pass filter
> cutting out the highs so if you do not use the cap when you get down
> low on the pot it will sound muddy, i.e. no highs.  This mod will give
> you tons of control over your set up.  It is perhaps the best and
> simplest mod you can do to control your on stage volume and fight the
> feedback.
>
> G. Loco
>
> >when you pros buy a mike,eg-green bullet, do you use it as is >out of
> the box or do you tweak it some. are there choices as >far as
> elements,etc?
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