Lav mics in/on acoustic guitar?

huub · 18th July 2008

hi all,

I'm recording a show in a week or two of a band that has quite a few acoustic guitars,
now personally I hate the sound of d.i.'d guitar (some guitars excepted), and the band is willing to experiment (yaaay!). my plan is to stick some dpa 4061's in the acc guitars.. logic being: dpa 4061 is small (It's a dvd shoot, visually unobtrusive) and sounds really good, in the guitar equals maximum isolation, and the boomy sound will be tamed by lots of eq...

Please share your experience with acoustic guitars, mics, and PA!!

ctms777 · 18th July 2008

Try to stick the DPA on top of the guitar facing the strings, more susceptible for feedback, but much better sound. DPA makes a mountingkit for that purpose. Do yourself a favour and expiriment with the position of the mic, I don't like the position that DPA suggests, at least not on my guitar.

huub · 18th July 2008

The dpa's are for recording only, so feedback is no issue..
How's the leakage (drums?!) when mounted on the surface?

Roland · 18th July 2008

Acoustic mics and PA are a PAin in the ar*e! Never really enough GBF. I personally used to hate guitar bugs/pickups, however, in the last 10 or so years they have improved imeasurably and the compromises are relatively small these days. The best pickup's are the way to go IMHO, by the time you have played with position, compromised with handling noise, fiddled with eq and still had the potential GBF issues there may be little benefit. Certainly the other option is to mic and use the bug's for the PA, however I would still take a split from the bug and record that as a safety it might be better than you expect.

Regards

Roland

huub · 18th July 2008

Hi roland.
Yeah, the dpa's will just be a little extra experiment, I'll take the di's too.

huub · 28th August 2008

In the end the guitar players didn't want it.. so I still don't know :(

18th July 2008	#1
huub Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: amsterdam Posts: 1,208 Thread Starter	Lav mics in/on acoustic guitar? hi all, I'm recording a show in a week or two of a band that has quite a few acoustic guitars, now personally I hate the sound of d.i.'d guitar (some guitars excepted), and the band is willing to experiment (yaaay!). my plan is to stick some dpa 4061's in the acc guitars.. logic being: dpa 4061 is small (It's a dvd shoot, visually unobtrusive) and sounds really good, in the guitar equals maximum isolation, and the boomy sound will be tamed by lots of eq... Please share your experience with acoustic guitars, mics, and PA!!

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18th July 2008	#2
ctms777 Gear maniac Joined: May 2005 Location: Maastricht Posts: 298	Try to stick the DPA on top of the guitar facing the strings, more susceptible for feedback, but much better sound. DPA makes a mountingkit for that purpose. Do yourself a favour and expiriment with the position of the mic, I don't like the position that DPA suggests, at least not on my guitar.

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Roland Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2002 Location: St Leonards on Sea, England Posts: 2,133 2 Reviews written	Acoustic mics and PA are a PAin in the ar*e! Never really enough GBF. I personally used to hate guitar bugs/pickups, however, in the last 10 or so years they have improved imeasurably and the compromises are relatively small these days. The best pickup's are the way to go IMHO, by the time you have played with position, compromised with handling noise, fiddled with eq and still had the potential GBF issues there may be little benefit. Certainly the other option is to mic and use the bug's for the PA, however I would still take a split from the bug and record that as a safety it might be better than you expect. Regards Roland

28th August 2008	#6
huub Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2005 Location: amsterdam Posts: 1,208 Thread Starter	In the end the guitar players didn't want it.. so I still don't know :(