Budget vocal and acoustic mic

[guitarguy1555]

i'm looking for a vocal mic and an acoustic guitar mic.

for the vocal mic i'm wanting to spend 500 or less used. I"ve been looking at at4050, c414 or maybe a tube condensor mic. I've got a baritone range, and wanting something to make my voice sound fuller and warmer.

also looking for a good acoustic guitar mic

[BudgetMC]

Blue Bluebird works great on some vocals, and is a VERY good acoustic guitar mic.

Also, and MXL 960 with a tube swap (I like a Mullard 4024) works very well on Barritone vocals, and is good on acoustic guitar.

Heck... for $500 you could get both...

[tenchijin2]

A very good male vocal "warm" mic and good acoustic mic is the ADK Hamburg, MK8.

Well under your budget, too.

[A LaMere]

What kind of pre are you running??

I'm going to suggest the shure sm7 of course...
it's a dynamic but it beats the pants off of a lot of the cheaper condensers that I've used.

Kel audio also makes some decent lower budget mics.. heck, for $500 I think you can probably get a kel hm7u and a kel hm2d and then you'd have 2 decent vocal mics.

or you could spend a bit more on the acoustic mic.

The Oktava mc012 and the Shure sm81 are easy and obvious choices..

[guitarguy1555]

just using the apogee duet pre's right now

[Track 7]

Originally Posted by guitarguy1555

i'm looking for a vocal mic and an acoustic guitar mic.

for the vocal mic i'm wanting to spend 500 or less used. I"ve been looking at at4050, c414 or maybe a tube condensor mic. I've got a baritone range, and wanting something to make my voice sound fuller and warmer.

also looking for a good acoustic guitar mic

Vocal: AT4047 (ebay) fits your wanted description

Acoustic Guitar: Peluso CEMC6

[Tha Govna]

Or an AT4040.

[Hammer Mark]

The BLUE Dragonfly can work beautifully in both of those applications. They can be had used within your budget or new (b stock) ones for just a little over.

[guitarguy1555]

is the duet enough pre for the sm7

[rty5150]

Originally Posted by tenchijin2

A very good male vocal "warm" mic and good acoustic mic is the ADK Hamburg, MK8.

Well under your budget, too.

[Tomer1]

I have managed to get some great acoustic guitar tracks with the SP C1mk2,
on vocals its more of a hit or miss, sometimes it works sometimes its pure sibilence.

[A LaMere]

Originally Posted by guitarguy1555

just using the apogee duet pre's right now

The Kel mics are very cool.. can't go wrong with 'em.

The AT4047 is also a good suggestion.
I've heard a few people say that the HM7 is similar to the AT4047.

[K. Osborne]

I'd say either the AT mics or the AKG 214. That 214 is impressive. You can find them on ebay for fairly cheap.

[tenchijin2]

As you can see from this thread (and countless other exactly like it) there are a number of mics generally regarded as good in the budget category. You probably won't go wrong with nearly all the suggestions here.

So get busy!

[guitarguy1555]

i think i'm narrowing my search for the vocal mic to try. i think i'm going to get the sm7, 4047, kel hm7um kel hm 2d. what would yall recommend for that john mayer kinda of breathy baratone vocal

[fiddler59]

HM7u all the way !!

David Blackmon

[lobsty]

Definitely try a 414 before you buy anything else

[janglyrecords]

AT 4050 can be had from Musician's Friend until August 31st for 20% off of the $699 list. There you go - under $500. Just call - no online ordering! - and tell them you have a post card as a returning customer and give them the code - 20%.

Just got mine last week. Great swiss army mic. Oh, and it comes with case and shock mount. Nice.

[Hammer Mark]

Originally Posted by janglyrecords

AT 4050 can be had from Musician's Friend until August 31st for 20% off of the $699 list. There you go - under $500. Just call - no online ordering! - and tell them you have a post card as a returning customer and give them the code - 20%.

Just got mine last week. Great swiss army mic. Oh, and it comes with case and shock mount. Nice.

I'm sure that's a solid recommendation, but you goofed on the math -- $700 -20% is $560.

[janglyrecords]

You caught me. List is $699, but the normal MF price is $599. So, -20% is the $479 I mentioned. Sorry.

[vitreouswindows]

A pair of used 414s would work; and for less money you could get an ADK Hamburg for your voice and an ADK Vienna for the guitar - the original models can be had quite cheaply and they work just fine.