Hello, all. I have a cheap Rogue A-style mandolin with a single coil pickup as the passive electronics. For what I do, it's been great. A little noisy sometimes, but with a simple noise gate, I'm fine.
My church, however, changed the lighting for the month of December to about 60 Edison bulbs, all dimmed to 60%. Looks great, but causes me a ton of buzz and hum. None of my normal tricks have worked, and I had to play last Sunday with an incredibly aggressive noise gate and hacking out a lot of my high end EQ (where that buzz is mostly coming from). I don't want to do that for the entire month.
So what's a cheap-ish way to amplify the mando when my magnetic pickup isn't an option? As a last resort I can put a mic on a stand, but I'd really rather not as I move around a bunch. Can anyone recommend a cheap-ish (sub $100) clip on mic? Contact mic? Stick-in piezo? A pickup to swap in to replace the cheap Rogue one?
I don't mind investing a little bit to help with the problem, but I'm also keeping in mind that it's a $60 instrument, so I can't really justify spending hundreds of dollars... yet.
Thanks in advance!
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