Steel Guitar Amplifiers

[0.385 lb] Using it for guitar but appears to suit small amplifiers well.

[A, C] I use it for guitar amplifiers and home appliances - have been working great.

[1.9 lb (840 g)] Great for sustaining notes on my lap steel guitar.

Great for sustaining notes on my lap steel guitar.

[Handle] Bought two of these. One for at home and one for my uncles' house where he is teaching me steel guitar.

[0.16 lb] I bought to of these to run as a stereo pair for guitar amplifiers in a live environment. They are terrific! They handle whatever two 100 watt amps can throw at them and do not color the sound in any sort of negative manner. They definitely let the amps tone shine right through. I went from two classic Sm57s to these and I just notice more clarity and detail than I did with the 57s. Mic placement is a breeze. I spent all of 5 minutes with a pre-recorded loop figuring out the most natural sound and its very easy to find the large sweetspot with these mics. Again, the 57 does not have a huge sweet spot.

[0.9] Since obtaining this microphone, I have used it to mic up two different guitar amplifiers to good effect. Overall, the sound is warm and the bass response becomes more pronounced the closer it is placed to the grille cloth. Positioning the mic around six inches away produces a more balanced and useable sound IMHO. I have yet to try this mic with a Cloudlifter, which I believe should, when used in conjunction with the Fat Head II, yield a better, hotter signal.

[Steel] I was using a smaller version of this and could never keep my music on it. I fasten this to a mic stand on the side of my steel guitar, and until something better comes along, this is it!

[7 x 3.5 x 2.4"] This compressor is incredible for pedal steel guitar. Channel 1 goes to volume pedal, 2 and 3 stereo at end of chain for more comp/limiting of peaks and noise gate since I have single coil pickups. Full control, perfect!

[Bus Power] I bought a pair of these mics about a week ago. So far I have mainly used them on acoustic guitar (steel and nylon string). I'm getting excellent results, and feel quite sure these mics will record a great many other sources with similar results. Out of curiosity I DID also put one up with the wind screen on an a pop filter to see how a vocal would sound. Well, it sounded quite good. I'm a professional musician and recording engineer, and I'm MOST pleasantly surprised at finding these mics. They are open yet rich, and have a nice sheen without being edgy. On top of that, they even come with an omni capsule in addition to the cardiod capule. l own many nice mics, costing many times more than these mics. However, I will be ordering another pair of CAD E70s very soon.