Glad this conversation has taken a less snarky turn. I use a lavalier mic. I don't remember the brand. It is attached to a thin piece of wood threaded under the bass strings. This is a trick I learned from someone on this list years ago.
I had to bend the tie/shirt clip to be at a proper angle and then run it through a small practice amp. Admittedly, this is a purely practical solution that gives only a passable sound. However, I've found that I only need sound reenforcement in noisy venues where people are talking and not really listening anyway (i.e. restaurants, receptions, etc.). You're just there for aural atmosphere and an expensive, high-fi set up would neither be perceived nor appreciated. I'd obviously do something different in a concert situation, but that's never come up. You can see the piece of wood on the pic on the "upcoming/contact" page of my website: http://www.christopherwilke.com (Sorry, no pictures of the microphone attached). Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 8/7/14, Charles Mokotoff <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [LUTE] Re: those Pignoses! To: "Geoff Gaherty" <[email protected]> Cc: "LuteNet list" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2014, 8:18 AM Yes, I am also very much interested in the microphone you use and its placement, thanks. On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Geoff Gaherty <[1][email protected]> wrote: On 2014-08-07, 6:31 AM, wayne lute wrote: It is over a foot tall, so not as portable as the little one, but has big rechargeable batteries that last a long time, and if what goes in sounds like a lute, what comes out sounds like a lute. This is of interest to me, since I sometimes need amplification for outdoor gigs. A From your reference to Sennheiser, I take it you use a microphone for the lute, rather than having some sort of pickup installed. A Could you say more about how this works? A A picture might help. Geoff -- Geoff Gaherty Foxmead Observatory Coldwater, Ontario, Canada [2]http://www.gaherty.ca [3]http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.gaherty.ca/ 3. http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
