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shane8002
Nov-02-2014, 3:55pm
Finally got a gig with a new grass band playing the mandolin, and my first show is coming up this friday. I was wondering the best placement for a k&k twin spot contact mic I recently purchased. the mando is a loar on-220 I'll be running that into a k&k pure preamp the belt clip model and into a boss tu-2 tuner and into the board from there. Any tips or advice on how to dial in the sound would be greatly appreciated as I have only played mando gigs a handful of times and I had a bad experience trying to play into a sm-57 on a mic stand through a bose l-1000 tower.
Near the feet of the bridge on the tailpiece side.
pops1
Nov-02-2014, 11:46pm
As Jim said.
If you can use some sticky putty that teachers use for paper you can stick it on temporally. I find outside of the bridge feet works well too.
mandroid
Nov-03-2014, 11:39am
right by the bridge is a place to start , But..
where you place them can also be influenced by the tone you think sounds best to You.
shane8002
Nov-03-2014, 11:49am
would near the bridge feet be the metal thumbscrews or just outer parts of the bridge
mandroid
Nov-03-2014, 11:56am
right behind it attached to the Top. Its the vibrating soundboard
shaking the pickup pieces that makes the electric signal .
But dont be locked in to one place, as I say, you get a little different sound ,
with the pickup hearing a different part Of the sound Board.