After this weekend, I really want to get a Shure Beta 56a for drummer vocals when they're needed. It's shocking how much bleed there is with a SM58.

Whoops, bought a broken Earth G2000.

Travis Bean update:
I bought a set of nut files and brought down the action quite a bit and now it feels really nice. I also removed a bunch of brass on top per Dr Balls' suggestion. I could probably do more filing in both places but it's a high degree of "good enough" now and it plays as well or better than any of my other instruments.

Been playing it through a 70s silverface pull-boost Princeton. A kind of "hard" sounding amp that softens a little with a Balls Klone in front of it. I dig the clarity and it kind of has this shimmery sound unlike my wooden instruments.

Nate Dort wrote: Thu Oct 27, 2022 9:58 am Whoops, bought a broken Earth G2000.

That thing looks boss. Can't wait to see it all cleaned up. If that black pleather is no good, there might be other optionsssssss...

Schoeps CMT56 just arrived. Older pre-colette series mic with transformer, fig-8 only due to deterioration of mechanical backplate baffle (as I understand it) still cool to have a fig-8 SDC...and schoeps. my wallet hurts though.

thecr4ne wrote: Thu Oct 27, 2022 4:14 pm Schoeps CMT56 just arrived. Older pre-colette series mic with transformer, fig-8 only due to deterioration of mechanical backplate baffle (as I understand it) still cool to have a fig-8 SDC...and schoeps. my wallet hurts though.

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Garth wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:54 pm After this weekend, I really want to get a Shure Beta 56a for drummer vocals when they're needed. It's shocking how much bleed there is with a SM58.

May I suggest the EV PL35 as a cheaper and probably-just-as-good option? I've tried a bunch of tom mics on vocals and I like this betta than the Beta.

sE V7 is also a very good supercardioid dynamic w/ low handling noise and flatter top end than an SM58 or Beta 58.

ChudFusk wrote: Thu Oct 27, 2022 6:45 pm

Garth wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 2:54 pm After this weekend, I really want to get a Shure Beta 56a for drummer vocals when they're needed. It's shocking how much bleed there is with a SM58.

May I suggest the EV PL35 as a cheaper and probably-just-as-good option? I've tried a bunch of tom mics on vocals and I like this betta than the Beta.

Ooh I appreciate the rec - I think EV makes a lot of outstanding mics that get overlooked, but unless I can find it used, I might "know a guy" who can give me a deep discount on the Shure to where it would probably be less than new price for that EV.

I think the main consideration for me is rejection of outside noise...maybe even more important than sound quality tbh. SM58 has a shocking amount of drum/cymbal bleed and really hoping to tame that as much as possible. Do you happen to remember if that EV has a comparable amount of rejection from the sides and tail of the pattern?

Now that I think about it, I have a few Sennheiser e604 maybe I should test this out.

All that Klon talk in the 'gear I hate' made me buy an on sale MXR fat sugar drive because I missed what the Soul Food did and I appreciate the stoutness of most MXR stuff I have. Plus the pink will match my Balls Sustainer. $80 for a hot pink pedal no matter what it does is worth it.