I'm doing a job tonight and one of the bands performing is doing a cover of (you guessed it) The Devil Went Down To Georgia. They're super concerned about the sound because the fiddle player likes to move around a lot. I'm thinking about taping a lav mic to the body of the fiddle. Thoughts?

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Yes.
Also, ask Hoser.

for anyone who has an answer to this... also interested in the best way to mic a Banjo.

Take an SM58 and duct tape it to the fucking violin. "Here you go, foghat!"

my lute!

lul.

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I most certainly am not.

they have bridge mics

ANDY REINER

Dude from Devil In The Kitchen. To him you should inquire.

don't be so sure.

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Lol

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Back when I was still playing the fiddle, before I moved down to Georgia, there were two options.

Option 1: soundman provides a mic, and the fiddler sits THE FUCK STILL
Option 2: fiddler gets a fiddle with a pickup, and a wireless, and dance all they want.

Hot micing a fiddle during a rock show is not a good idea. If he wants to dance, steer him to a homo-bar.

Sweet

I think 2 really hot condenser mic's lined up at either side of the stage should do. Maybe a ribbon right up the middle for added "depth"

When I had an upright, bridge contact mics were the standard. I've got to imagine the same would apply to a little teeny upright bass (err, a fiddle).

Also, some folks that might know more than anybody here:

www.thesession.org

How did this go?

Used a Shure ULX wireless lav, gaffed it to the body of the fiddle right under the f-hole. I got a pretty good sound out of that, and had to fill occasionally with a wireless handheld mic on a stand in front of him.

Also (from a previous thread) the workflow of running a monitor send to a second powered amplifier (that had a submix input) to 2 monitors worked great too.

All in all it was a great sounding show that, as expected, went completely unappreciated by the med student performers who expected their combo amps in a study lounge to sound like carnegie hall.