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Old 22nd May 2009   #3
Rick Sutton
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swear to God, just pick a decent mic and point it at the banjo. Not trying to be snarky, but I've played and recorded banjo for close to ..........can't bring myself to say how many years, and banjo is generally a loud instrument that projects well and is probably the easiest of the instruments in that group to record. The bigger problem is usually keeping the banjo out of the other instrument mics.
For the record, my favorite banjo mic is a KM56. My least favorite are ribbons. Km84 etc does a nice job.
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