Re: [Harp-L] Stick/ball mic of choice...

["Rick & Dana Siekmann" <dsiekmann@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well...I can't say that I understand the science involved, but I think I get 
the idea.  It does lead to the question though, are there any "new" mics out 
there that do give the "bite" you're talking about?  I find it interesting 
that harp players commonly insist that the newer Green Bullets pale in 
comparison to the vintage ones, yet I read somewhere on the Shure site that 
their engineers basically consider nothing from the past to be superior to 
what they are producing now, with the tech improvements they've incorporated 
into their products.  Hmmm.

FWIW, I'm running a "new" Blues Blaster through a Fender Pro Jr., and no 
matter how I fiddle with the setup, there is something lacking in the sound. 
(My "chops", of course, but I'm working on that....)  I did do a tube swap 
on the amp to cut down the feedback, now I'm wondering if there's a better 
microphone choice to compliment it.

Also, thanks to those who have responded...like I said, I'm fairly new to 
this deal, and I do need all the help I can get.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "steve" <mudharp@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 06, 2006 7:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Stick/ball mic of choice...


> Rick,The reason for the bullet style is how comfortable it is to hold for 
> harmonica playing whether it's a brand new or 70 year old shell.    The 
> reason for "vintage" is most of  the elements were much stronger or in 
> other words they had more "bite" for harmonica playing.  There are a 
> relatively few "new" mics made today that have these characteristics. 
> And today they don't make Controlled Reluctance, hot crystal or ceramic 
> elements and the newer Shure Controlled Magnetic and dynamic Green Bullet 
> elements are fairly weak. steve--- On Fri 01/06, Conrad Gleich &lt; 
> radconradlleyire@xxxxxxxxx &gt; wrote:From: Conrad Gleich [mailto: 
> radconradlleyire@xxxxxxxxx]To: dsiekmann@xxxxxxxxxxx, 
> Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 21:50:46 -0800 (PST)Subject: Re: 
> [Harp-L] Stick/ball mic of choice...--- Rick &amp; Dana Siekmann 
> wrote:"Just wondering if there's any kind of concensushere. Most of the 
> harp mic talk seems to focus onbullet styles, with a preference toward 
> vintage. But is
> there any one stick mic that stands out headand shoulders above the rest? 
> SM57, perhaps?My amplified journey is just beginning, and I'mlooking for 
> direction."fyii find a ball mic much easyer to hold than a stickmic.a 
> shure sm58 is the old standby. i like my beta 58.there are many reasonably 
> priced vocal mics from manymanufacturers to choose from, such as 
> shure,sennheiser, electrovoice,audix,et.al.for use w/ an amp a dynamic mic 
> will probably workbetter than a 
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