DATE: Sat, 06 Mar 1993 08:34:36 CST From: James S Brown Subject: Shaker mike
I've got a Shaker that I'm pretty happy with (though it's the only mike I've owned, and I'd been playing through a *heavy* vocal mike. It's smaller and lighter than the bullets I looked at, and sounds fine with the borrowed Fender Tremolux I've been playing with.
I wish I understood sound science & tech, so I could be of more help. I mainly like the convenience of this thing--it's light and it has its own volume control. You can actually get your hands around it for a fuller sound than I could ever get with a big vocal mike.
Does anybody know of a book called Amplified Harmonica Playing Made Possible by (I think) Kevin Hagerty? Kevin of Kevin's Harps recommended to me, and it's been pretty helpful, especially for someone who doesn't know anybody with amps, mikes, etc. I can fool around with. I was playing country blues with a couple of guitar players, and the only time we had amplification was when we went to an open mike folk music night somewhere ... you have to learn a lot during your fifteen minutes of fame.