Re: OT: Recommendations for Microphone and Archtop or Acoustic Guitar

["Kris Hartung" <khartung@q.com>]

Document below updated with frequence response charts for each model.

http://www.box.net/shared/do73fgijmx

Take a look at how pristine the Neuman is in terms of response. I guess 
you 
pay for what you get.

The Sure SM81 is not bad either...not as flat as the Neuman, of course.

I particularly don't like the spikes at 10K for some of the mics.  The 
archop is already bright enough, and I'm already having to notch that area 
significantly.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 


> Thank you all for the input.  As usual, it appears that everyone has 
>their 
> favorite mic that works for them, which makes it hard to make a 
>decision. 
> I am sure most of these mics, in the similar price range, are decent.
>
> I created a table that has many of them, and their specs and prices 
> compared.
>
> http://www.box.net/shared/do73fgijmx
>
> What I am trying to consider in this context is the jazz archtop guitar. 
> It is quite a different animal than the acoustic guitar. For one, it 
> projects at only about half of the volume of an acoustic, because of the 
> volume in the body, that it typically only has f-holes, and that it is 
> often strung with flat wound strings. In that case, it tends to sound 
> thinner than an acoustic when micing it, which is what you don't want in 
>a 
> jazz guitar. So I really need a mic that can pick up the subltles of the 
> guitar, but probably has a good proximity effect when it move the mic 
> closer to the guitar.  Of course, I'll be blending the tone with the mag 
> pickup through an amp.
>
> What I find disturbing about a lot of the specs above is most don't 
> mention a Frequency Response, but try to sneak in a Frequency Range 
> disguised as a Frequency Reponse. I find this very misleading and 
> dishonest. Any good engineer knows the difference between the two. You 
>can 
> have an excellent frequency range, but with a crappy response.  Range 
> means nothing if the mic can't consistently reproduce it.
>
> The Josephson mic was recommended by a peer jazz guitarist, but 
>otherwise 
> I know nothing of the mics, except that it is made in the USA.
>
> Any comments on the spec comparisons?
>
> Kris
>