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What are some decent under 100 dollar mics for recording guitar and vox?

Used rode nt1a

I got one of those Rodes George recommended. Nice mic (not that I am an expert on mics but much better to my ears than the SM58 I used to use).

Ill look them up

yeah i'm no expert, i simply have an sm58 and a rode nt1a but have no complaints whatsoever. the rode package is cool cos you get a nice cable, pop shield and vibration thing. really good deal

I have access to some pretty awesome mics..but, i use a 58 but not a sm..it's a pg i think. It has a regular xlr cable out that plugs straight into my guitar pedals. It's super cheap and i usually sing through guitar effects so having that out is perfect..i use it for guitar and vocals


I used a royer the other day and it was so amazing. It was used for 2 grand but holy cow. NICE. I'm glad my friend bought it so i can run and use it when i need.

George wrote:yeah i'm no expert, i simply have an sm58 and a rode nt1a but have no complaints whatsoever. the rode package is cool cos you get a nice cable, pop shield and vibration thing. really good deal

What's the NT1A like in terms of frequency response and sensitivity next to the Shure? Reason being, I'm using an SM57 right now but it's very honk-y in the mids and I have to really crank my mixer preamp up unless I put it close to the speaker cone.

If the Rode is more transparent, and doesn't need such a high volume level, I might invest in one.

the rode is a condenser so way more transparent and clear compared to an sm58 or 57

i use the sm58 for electric guitar really, or singing live or whatever. the rode nt1a is for recording only

Excellent, thanks.

Sounds like the Rode will be perfect for recording at home while I'll keep hold of the Shure for general use. It's not that the '57 is a bad mic per se...it's just a condenser might be better for what I'm doing right now.

The Shure sounds great with cleans through my DRRI, but I'm mic-ing up my 2x12 cab a bit further away to get an even balance between the speakers and some...airiness to the sound. Dunno the technicals, but basically fuzz guitar through a 2x12 sounds better to my ears when the mic is a bit further away, but it's hard to capture at bedroom volume with the Shure dynamic. Rode condenser it is then!

I've never used a Rode NT1A, but a lot of people seem to recommend them so it's probably worth a try. One thing to consider is that because it's a condenser mic it will need phantom power!

Personally, as a cheap jack-of-all-trades microphone, I'd recommend a Shure Beta 57A. I've used them with good results on vocals, guitars, snares and toms, brass instruments. And unlike with a large diaphragm condenser like the NT1A you won't have any difficulties using it in a live context.

I haven't tried these yet but I have a pair of Green 12s on order.
Judging from the sound samples on their website, these are a LOT of mic for $45.

http://www.12gaugemicrophones.com/red12.html


And if they're not... I didn't break the bank finding out.
I'll let you know how they turn out, though.

I'm very intrigued by that!

Concretebadger wrote:Excellent, thanks.

Sounds like the Rode will be perfect for recording at home while I'll keep hold of the Shure for general use. It's not that the '57 is a bad mic per se...it's just a condenser might be better for what I'm doing right now.

The Shure sounds great with cleans through my DRRI, but I'm mic-ing up my 2x12 cab a bit further away to get an even balance between the speakers and some...airiness to the sound. Dunno the technicals, but basically fuzz guitar through a 2x12 sounds better to my ears when the mic is a bit further away, but it's hard to capture at bedroom volume with the Shure dynamic. Rode condenser it is then!

man..i had so much trouble with spirit in the sky..it sounded incredible in the room and the recordings weren't capturing it at all..I started moving it closer and it got worse so i backed it off and it wasn't right. We tried different cabs, we tried everything. I had it sputtering in the room perfectly and the only thing that we could think of was the mic. I was using a shure. My friend with the fancy mic's was leaving for Europe and had a lot of stuff already in a different location so it wasn't accessible. I ended up using my zoom q3hd camera with the 2 built in condensers and it was better. I had the cabs mic'd the way they were with the shure and had the camera a little further away. I still never got it to sound as awesome as it did in the room but i ended up doing about 30 takes at slightly different angles with the mic coming through in mono and the camera in stereo and just layering them over the top of each other..It never got there but it was ok.

SM58/57 will never let you down.
a used sennheiser e906 is great for guitars, and good on vox, even if it feels a bit wierd..

whateverthefuck mic's Al has hanging over his drumset in the studio.

holy shit!



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