Bottleneck Slide Blues - Testing out a cheap $3 Radio Shack used microphone from a Thrift Store

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Lately I have been testing low quality mics and getting great recordings. I recorded this track with a thrift store microphone that was a few dollars. I thought it was gonna be a weak or poor preforming mic when I bought it....but it sounds as good as many of the name brand mics out there, in fact even better than some! This cheap mic had real good clean coverage in the high frequencies and it recorded really well to my surprise.



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Comment by James on Tuesday

What I hear is some really well played 3 string guitar!!!

Comment by 3 String Blues on May 25, 2023 at 10:02am

Thanks for the kind words!

Comment by Uncle John on May 25, 2023 at 7:13am

Sure sounding good to me!

Comment by Poorness Studios on May 25, 2023 at 1:55am

Some great old blues tones here.

Comment by A.D.EKER on May 25, 2023 at 1:16am

Nice , its the same deal whit old piezo ,they look Vintage and sound just as good as the new deal !

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