Re: [Harp-L] Favorite Harp Mic

[Trip Henderson <trip.tunes@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hey Bart!

I love my Edwina's. I like so many of us on this list have a gear fetish
but these mics are truly excellent. Bart I'm sure you know the Foghorn
String Band, for those not into hillbilly music they are old time bad-ass
at its best and they too use these mics.

Before getting the Edwina's I was using an AT 4033, my pals Michael Daves
and Chris Thile use that mic to great success and its the mic that Del
McCourey made popular a few years back because sounds guys using 8-10 live
mics at a bluegrass festival were always screwing up so they just went back
to the way Bill Monroe did it back in the day - one mic.

Now the Edwina's like the 4033 are only good for certain applications -
speakers downstage from the mic, and no monitors otherwise if the speakers
are behind you and monitors are live they will feedback - its all about
placement.

Check out "The Milk Carton Kids" by The Portland Sessions where they use
these  http://vimeo.com/52036446. They are sweet!




On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:07 AM, Bart van Strien <knuppel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Trip,
> the Edwina sounds interesting. Thanks for pointing it out! We use an AT on
> stage to amplify our bluegrass band (Blue Grass Boogiemen) but do have
> feedbackproblems when playing for noisy crowds. Can I ask you something
> bout the Edwina, since you've got some live experience?
> The Edwina is it really as feedback resistant as they clame it to be?
> And I read in a review that (for vocals) if you get too far away the sound
> gets thin, do you have the same experience or is it still rich enough to be
> workable? What you think?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Bart
> the Netherlands
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trip Henderson" <trip.tunes@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "robert" <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 6:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Harp-L] Favorite Harp Mic
>
>
>  Hey Bob old friend!  The Beyer M-69 It would be sweet for Chromatic. I got
>> the idea from Mickey Raphael and then did my own research. Its great for
>> close proximity work, has a frequency range from 50k-15,000k and is very
>> smooth, its built rugged and hence is on the heavy side. I use it both on
>> a
>> stand and handheld either through the PA or a small tube amp ('57 Tweed
>> Champ or Kalamazoo Model 1) where appropriate. I had one stolen by another
>> harp player a few years back (he then had a heart a attach and died - just
>> sayin') so I bought a second one.  Love it!
>>
>> Another great choice is the Beyer M160 ribbon microphone which Mickey also
>> uses as does Lee Oskar.  Its a much more fragile mic with less
>> cojones/body
>> than the M-69 and is a really sweet smooth mic.
>>
>> My last recommendation is the Edwina, a mic made by Ear Trumpet Lab that
>> looks as good as it sounds. Its made in Portlandia, Oregon from
>> organically sourced plumbing parts (I'm only half joking!) and is a side
>> address, large diaphragm, condenser mic that requires phantom power. I use
>> a pair to mic my entire 5 piece acoustic band and they work best in a
>> trad/acoustic music setting where no monitors are used.  I'll be singing
>> and blowing through one tonight at the Jalopy Theatre in Red
>> Hook Brooklyn if anyone's around those parts.
>>
>> Over and out.
>>
>> --
>> *Trip Henderson*
>> https://soundcloud.com/trip-henderson
>> https://www.youtube.com/TheWhistlingWolves
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:54 AM, robert <harpbob@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>  That looks intriguing...Trip, how would this work with chromatic, held
>>> Toots style, for jazz?
>>> Bob
>>>
>>> > Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 23:54:25 -0400
>>> > From: trip.tunes@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> > Subject: [Harp-L] Favorite Harp Mic
>>> >
>>> > Beyer M-69
>>> >
>>> > *Trip Henderson*
>>> > https://soundcloud.com/trip-henderson
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/TheWhistlingWolves
>>>
>>>
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