Thomas Bishop wrote on Mon, 21 January 2008 21:43 |
I work with a band whose guitarist plays through a 4x12 cabinet "permanently" mounted in a road case. When the lid goes on it is only a couple of inches from the grill cloth. I want to be able to mount a mic so that it can stay attached when the lid is on, but the typical Z bar is not an option since it would stick out too much. Drilling into the case is not out of the question, so any suggestions you might have would be much appreciated.
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Here is a very unorthodox suggestion, but I did use it once to good effect.
Take a Crown PZM 30d and tape it over the cone you want to mic. Give it a stable phantom supply, and set the eq on the mic to "flat" and prepare to be surprised.
Its not right for guitars in every genre, but it will take the SPL, and it was great for lead tones on a fender twin where I tried it. The PZM 30d does not have any proximity effect like a typical cardiod mic, so don't be surprised if it needs a little low end eq boost (try a low shelf starting about about 300hz).
PS, my situation was a stage volume situation. We ended up placing the amp up against a road case, and then stuffed a blanket in a case lid, and sandwiched the mic between the amp grill and the lid/blanket combination.
Hope that helps!