instruments from other countries

[strandgsx]

Hey Peeps,

 

Having fullfilled one of my dreams now ( I sound engineered at Alexandra Palace) only Wembley to go. Iam left feeling a little unsure of an instrument I encountered.

 

I used my d&b system (40k) I used B2 bins as well, so noise was no problem but I had a few others:

 

Has anyone ever worked with a bazokke??? pronounced--- "Ba---Zoo--Key".

 

Its a funny greek guitar job, no matter where I put the mics all I got was a very thin and airy sound, I tried putting my ear to it to find the best position but to no avail, I tried a range of mics but it was still dodgy??? Any ideas???? Only the band I worked with have asked us to continue their tour.

 

cheers

Mark

[Just Some Bloke]

Has anyone ever worked with a bazokke??? pronounced---    "Ba---Zoo--Key".

 

Its a funny greek guitar job, no matter where I put the mics all I got was a very thin and airy sound,

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I think that's what they're meant to sound like, isn't it?

 

the band I worked with have asked us to continue their tour.

 

Sounds like whatever you did worked, then!

[bruce]

Bouzouki.

 

I've never been near one, but I know that the Microvox M400 is advertised

as suitable for guitar/mandolin/bouzouki.

 

Never used this one, but I've used other Microvox kit, and it works surprisingly well.

 

 

 

Edit: Anotjhere approach - I seem to remember one of my mates had to do something similar, and used a C1000 about a foot away from the strings...

[j_b]

Has anyone ever worked with a bazokke??? pronounced---    "Ba---Zoo--Key".

 

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Yes. The ancient greeks threw that one at us and are probably laughing their heads off at us!

 

It's designed to feed brilliantly, but I've had a little success with a 535 sat near the 12th fret, pointing toward the bridge. Not great, and still very twitchy, but the players seem to be used to that. Similar tequniques for banjos, mandolins and other folky stringed instruments.

 

HTH

 

Kev

[J Pearce]

Have you considered trying a pickup mounted on the instrument, I have had great success with these on violins. Alternatively how about a lavalier mic mounted on the sound hole, pointing into the body?

[bruce]

Jon - that's how the Microvox one works. Mounted via velcro pads.

[paulears]

Monty Python - Shoot the Bouzouki player.........

 

If you've been in a greek restaurant - you have a heard a bouzouki player!

[brad!]

Hey, I came across this one a while back with the Gilad Atzmon group (International jazz stars apparently). Used a Sennheiser Lapel cliped to the body with the pack in the guys pocket. Mic was pretty much under the strings below the neck. Not sure if the mic being clipped to the body did anything for the sound though, maybe more res?

 

Good luck.

 

Failing that introduce those 'new' modern electric guitar things to the group?

[the kid]

To me it looks like a cross between a sitar and a ukelale. How would you do either of those? You could then work from the same principle. Becasue they both seem kind of hard to mic up unless its this.

[scott]

Slightly off topic but along the same line. I had to recently mic up a banjo, I had absolutely no idea how it was suppose to sound, got I right in the end, just rembered some old westerns :-)

 

scott

[bruce]

Slightly off topic but along the same line. I had to recently mic up a banjo,

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Not wanting to resurrect the old Muso jokes thread, but...

 

Q. What's the best way to mic up a banjo?

A. Not at all....

 

 

But seriously, treat it like an acoustic guitar and you'll not go far wrong....

[gnomatron]

I had absolutely no idea how it was suppose to sound,

 

You could just listen to it unamplified? >:) That's usually what I do when I want to figure out how something I'm not sure about should sound. Can be nice to aim to change the sound sometimes, though, I guess. Messing with bass guitars is a favourite of mine.