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wow cool man i have to check the Shertler portable mic out,i remeber u telling me about last summer when i was at your place in Santa Cruz , gonna have a look! thanx bud Luis --- Rick Walker <looppool@cruzio.com> wrote: > Hey Luis, > > I wasn't trying to admonish about the OT > thing.............just keeping > people on track for the > sake of all. Periodically, we just have to > reinforce the OT postings > netiquette and the > 'please for the sake of god, don't include every > post in your post so the > daily digest doesn't > come in 8 times a day for lack of bandwidth" > problem that continually > occurs here..........lol > > > About the amplification. I have to say, that > though I disagree with many > things that Bob Brozman > has to say about world music (and agree with more > than as many as well) > that he is > the king of this instrument and his wholel life > revolves around sounding > fantastic on sound > systems all over the planet (good and bad). > > His solution of the Neumann K150 is the bomb. > YOu can't believe how good he sounds in concert. > > I know it's a pricey mic. > > that being said and done, the Shertler portable > mic that sticks on , > convertably, to any > instrument at all has changed my life. I'm touring > with one and I'll show > it to you > when we play together later this month. > > You can put it on a frame drum, a kalimba, a > cajon, a national steel, a > violin, > just about anything that resonates with very , very > little feedback and a > nice > rich sound. > > I'ts NOT a piezo styled pick up..............the mic > is just below the > surface (by a thumb nails distance) > of a small round metal housing. You put a puddy > (that doesn't not harm any > surfaces coming off the instrument > but sticks firmly in place. You fashion the putty > into a circle and press > the pickup straight down > onto the instrument (you need a fairly flat or > slightly curved surface) and > the puddy seals all around the > mic as you put down so it is inside a chamber. > > I took a large body 12 string steel guitar , > amplified it with the > schertler and put it up right in front of > my pa speakers without feedback!!!! > > I love it. It won't be quite the fidelity of > the Neumman k150 and if > given the chance I might not > use it in a fine studio recording, but for live it > rocks the Casbah. > > I'll show it to you. They have normal string and > ethnic string models. > I believe I have the ethnic string model , though I > think the normal string > model probably picks up more bass which would have > been nice. > > pricey ($500 USD?) but completely worth it if you > are a > multiinstrumentalist like yourself. > > www.myspace.com/luisangulocom ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ