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Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 14:53:49 +0200
From: "Xavier Lanusse Cazalé"
Subject: Blues jam: PA and mic question

Hi again,

There's a blues jam in my area that I'm planning on attending. I went there
a week ago to check it out.
It seems to be a guitar player oriented jam (now that's a surprise ! :) )
and since it's in a underground and small room, everyone plays through the
PA. The guitar players have a full rack of effects to make up for the lack
of real amp.
As far as I'm concerned, I do not own nor do I wish to purchase (at least
for now) some similar equipment (SansAmp or other pedals).
Playing through a vocal mic could be an option but it might not fit their
style very well (kind of heavy on the electric side).
Also, considering that there might not be a vocal mic available what would
be my best choice as far as harp mic to bring among the following (the mic
would be plugged into the PA, I assume they have some sort of Hi Z input) ?

- - Shure 545
- - Shure 585
- - Bullets with vintage shure CM/CR elements
- - Ruskin crystal
- - EV606, 605 or 630

I would guess that the 585 would be a good bet although a little clean.
Would you say that the 545, when plugged into a Hi Z PA input would sound
comparable to a SM57 plugged in a low Z input (lot of folks seem to compare
the 57 to 545 besides the Low/Hi Z difference). I played once through a 57
into a PA and like it.
I would think that bullet mics wouldn't be a good bet for this case.

Given the fact that it's a jam, I probably won't be playing on many songs so
I'd like to be prepared with the best setup for the job given what I have.

Thanks for your tips.

Xavier

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