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Mic Use/Notes cont…
Musicians should bear in mind that they might judge the sound of an
internal Mic at very low volumes but will normally find it completely
unusable at typical live performance volumes, or in difficult acoustic
conditions even at low volumes. If you try to blend in a little Mic you
would probably have to turn down the Mic volume to such a low signal
that it is effectively perceived as turned off.
If you try to make the Mic sound a little less boomy and unnatural by
pointing it out of the sound hole you will be making it even more likely
to pickup speaker cabinets and monitors which may make it even more
likely to feedback.
If the internal Mic is on a flexible gooseneck you may lessen the
problems by spending time finding the best sounding spot for
placement but as soon as it inevitably moves or changes angle slightly,
or you take it to a different acoustic environment the problems are
likely to worsen again.
Anti-feedback devices can help but the harder they work the more
holes or bigger holes in the sound they need to remove which defeats
the aim of using a Mic. Instead, if you use Mics, we suggest you use
them externally with Hyper Cardiod polar patterns such as the DPA
4099 with its soft external body clip option. Mic stands with full sized,
quality condenser Mics or using Proel's Guitar body mounting bracket
with Mic holder.
External Mics will still be very prone to feedback than most pickups but
at least they should sound better than internal Mics. Headway's
Co-axial Piezo Cable Under Saddle pickups offer a more natural sound
than flat pickups since they sense around 360 degrees.
As an alternative to a Mic, if you wish to add the impression of air in
the sound, try a quality digital reverb (e.g. Lexicon) with a slow natural
decay and a room setting which is larger than the one you are
performing in.
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