Re: Working the mic versus installing pickups and clamping mics
Originally Posted by
sblock
Face it: Old school ways are not necessarily the best ways. There hasn't been much improvement in the acoustic sound of the mandolin since the 1920's, but there have been huge improvements in the way that we can amplify that sound electronically for a large audience.
Amen.
Whether it's playing more quietly, stepping in and out of a mic, or using boost pedals, they're all for the same purpose, and work fine if done well. If you're listening with your ears rather than your eyes, it shouldn't make much difference.
I think it's cool that the Earls use a couple mics, or that Del and Dawg use just one. However, I've seen the Boxcars and Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper at the same venue, with individual mics for each vocalist and instrument. I'd love to see Greensky Bluegrass and The Infamous Stringdusters, both of which use pickups and pedals. I can't imagine walking away from any of them wishing they'd done anything any different.
Soliver arm rested and Tone-Garded Northfield Model M with D’Addario NB 11.5-41, picked with a Wegen Bluegrass 1.4
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