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Accordion Pickups/microphones?
ALoveSupreme:
I've been looking at accordion pickups, and they're all about $300 for one. Anyone know of any cheaper methods of amplifying both the bass key side and melody side of a standard piano accordion? Thanks.
valley_parade:
I don't know anything about accordions, but I'm gonna say try miking it.
Slick:
What's the application of the amplification? If you're just jamming out a live show, one mic should be good for you, but if you're recording, try to hold the accordion as stationary as possible and use a couple mics, possibly on different eqs to catch the different ranges you're looking for.
I don't actually know anything about accordions though. I'd say try with one or more mics till you get what you're looking for.
ALoveSupreme:
maybe I should elaborate...
I got some advice from a sound guy at a recent show that micing it with a basic Shure SM57 type mic or one like it picks up extra drum and stage noise (guitars, etc). This causes the mic I use to be hindered in how much of the actual accordion tone it can pick up.
I'm just wondering if anyone knows about a mounting mic that I can attach to the accordion so I can move freely and avoid stage noise. Sorry for the confusion, but thanks for the responses so far.
ner0sputnik:
Hey man...
Yes, there are some "pickups" you can have installed in your accordion.
I've been borrowing an accordion and using a wireless lapel mic held on with some elastic that I run along the accordion but now that I have one of my very own I'm going to get the pickups. Apparently they work really well.
Do a google search on +accordion +microphone and you should come up with a lot of search results.
You really don't want to go the SM-58 route for a few reasons... the first in my mind being "but then I can't move around!!!"
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