Interesting. I think it might have been Ed Martin who came up with the wood trick. I do the same thing but on the treble side. I guess you get enough treble with it on the bass side. Im just surprised. I often jam my mic between the wood and soundboard (of course there is foam around the mic) rather than use the alligator clip. I used to put the mic inside the lute, but I think the sound is better this way and it is quick to change it. I have an upcoming gig and I think Ill swap back and forth with Baroque guitar and Ren lute. I need to find some more of that wood! I had a nice piece Hiro Watanabe gave me that was the same color as my bridge. Oh, I put a piece of dowel on the end of the wood because it was impossible to position an alligator clip on the flat wood. But like I mentioned, I dont even use the alligator clip anymore.
On Aug 7, 2014, at 10:12 PM, Christopher Wilke <chriswi...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: > 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 <mokot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: those Pignoses! > To: "Geoff Gaherty" <ge...@gaherty.ca> > Cc: "LuteNet list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > 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]ge...@gaherty.ca> > 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:ge...@gaherty.ca > 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 Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ --
