[Harp-L] Audix Fireball... And other harp mics.

[MundHarp@xxxxxxx]

Lately I have been using an Audix Fireball 5 as my main harmonica  mic...
It's ok.
But it is tiresome to have to use an impedance transformer to get the  best 
out of a guitar amp!
Also it needs an "on/off" switch...
In comparison with a Sure SM 58... It is just as good, and perhaps slightly 
 better. It is A FINE mic... It is very well made. I haven't mistreated 
mine  yet... But it seems solid!    HOWEVER.. I prefer a mic that  doesn't need 
a transformer. AND I like an on/of switch. Or even better a volume  control!
Anyone out there, that knows where I can purchase an "in line" switch, or  
even better, a volume control that will work with my Audix Fireball?
Honestly I liked my old Sure "Unisphere"  from 1971  much better. Or the 
mic that I used on the road A LOT before that, A Beyer  M-60 ribbon mic, and 
THAT also needed an impedance transformer but had a  switch....THAT  was the 
best harmonica mic that I ever owned,  from  back in the '60s.. But they 
both simply got worn out!
SO
When I gig these days... Using my Fender Blues Deluxe amp from 1995... My  
mic is my JT 30 "Crystal balls"... From the 1990's,Courtesy of "Kevin's  
Harps". Or  or I use a $10 Chinese dynamic mic   that I bought last year in the 
Philippines! Of course... That will fall to  bits soon. If I go through a 
PA I use the Fereball... But IT NEEDS AN On/Off  switch!
A good harp mic.
Is THAT the Holy Grail?
I think the mic is more important than a good tube amp.
John '"Whiteboy" Walden
Just now in Scotland
_http://johnwalden.freevar.com_ (http://johnwalden.freevar.com)