Re: Issue with Feedback
Originally Posted by
Fingers
Thought I should update as it's been a while.
I ended up buying a RedEye and an MXR EQ pedal to scoop out offending frequencies if I needed to. After playing a few gigs in some larger and medium sized venues with quality PA/sound engineers, I found no need for the EQ pedal and elected to go with the RedEye alone. Can't say enough about this pedal- really, really natural sounding.
I do find myself playing in "rock" bands where volume is an issue so I'm looking into going the Emando route for those gigs. I've played the 4-string Emandos and haven't been able to embrace that philosophy but I suppose that's a thread of it's own sometime...
Thanks, Ya'll!
Red eye is a good choice, as is playing gigs that have competent sound techs.
For louder bands, I actually think the fishman bridge pickup (M200, M300) is a better option than the K&K Twin. The K&K I would recommend for a quiet folk act as they will translate more naturally, but when you need to gain up, the body is often too live.
Because they are a bridge pickup, the Fishman will have less body resonance interaction with the sound reinforcement system, allowing more gain before feedback. I came to this conclusion having worked with a Celt-punk band whose mandolin player had both the K&K and fishman installed which meant we could use the same mando to A-B each pickup.
With your strawberry blonde amp, I really don't think any external pres or EQs should be required since that amp has those features on board including the balanced out to feed to the PA.
For best results you could probably try having it to your left side rather than behind you. This will not only get the sound direct to your ears rather than spilling past you and also move the phase interactaction with the instrument body around 90° so instead of resonating into the body and coupling that your pickup is mounted in it spills past the body along the plane of the ribs.
If you don't mind looking like you're playing a mini guitar and you want another mandolin, the Godin A8 Mandolin would indeed be a good option.
Hereby & forthwith, any instrument with an odd number of strings shall be considered broken. With regard to mix levels, usually the best approach is treating the mandolin the same as a cowbell.
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