pete.young Posted July 2, 2017 Share Posted July 2, 2017 Had a gig last night in what I thought was going to be someone's front room - "just come round and play at my birthday party". I rock up with the bass, but no amp or preamps, to find a huge marquee with stage, 4KW, PA, sound engineer, 6 Bose monitors, lighting! I have a Shadow bridge pick up which normally sounds OK through the Phil Jones Bass, but is terribly middly on it's own. Sure enough, it sounded terrible. Sound engineer clipped a little AKG condenser mike onto the bridge, and for a cheap mic it sounded absolutely brilliant. I think it was an AKG C516: http://www.akg.com/pro/p/c516ml . I think I might have to acquire one of these and experiment further. Anyone else tried anything like this or have any other suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I got one of these the other day [url="http://www.prodipe.co.uk/mics/2140-bl21-lanen-contrabass.html"]http://www.prodipe.co.uk/mics/2140-bl21-lanen-contrabass.html[/url] not had chance to try it yet, but it might be worth considering? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete.young Posted July 19, 2017 Author Share Posted July 19, 2017 That looks very interesting. Where did you get it from, if you don't mind me asking? Dealers seem to be a bit thin on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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