Scotty roadDELETED - Posted - 09/19/2025:  05:13:51

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Edited by - Scotty roadDELETED on 12/16/2025 09:38:21

pete_fiddle - Posted - 09/19/2025:  08:58:12

Good one Scotty, well played and just the right amount of reverb imo. i play this one in C for some reason? and dig in a bit more. (prolly cause i play it solo ) . Si bheag si mhor, another name for it is "The Cuckoo".  i love solo fiddlin it just emphasizes the fiddlers intentions.

pete_fiddle - Posted - 09/19/2025:  12:45:18

Don't know about leccy fiddles. When i had to use one, i bought a "Bridge" fiddle that was meant to be top of the range, and a Trace Elliot amp with all the bells and whistles. Graphic and  Parametric eq, Notch filter, 20 reverb and digi delay settings etc. Still sounded like a kazoo to me. But i could be LOUD with the Drums, Base, Banjo etc all amplified, till it gave me tinnitus. But the punters in the plastic Irish pubs where happy.



Before that i was happy with a decent electret condenser mic and a combo amp for small gigs.



Best of all was a good fiddle and a good mic about 2 or 3 feet away and a quiet room.....Or no amplification at all, even better!



But i think you've got a decent sound with what you've got.

Edited by - pete_fiddle on 09/19/2025 12:51:47

wrench13 - Posted - 09/19/2025:  14:58:32

Even with a 'money is no object' budget, I've never played an electric fiddle that didn't sound like one. I;ve tried them all. The Band, Bridge, Vipers, Barcus Berry, all sorts of pickups, even one thing that turned the strings into a version of a 'pick up'. Nothing beats a high quality condenser mic, good EQ and a competent sound man. IMHO.

pete_fiddle - Posted - 09/19/2025:  17:03:43

A good small diaphragm condenser that uses phantom power. But who knows nowadays?

All the pro's seem to be using a DPA condenser mic which IMO is a selected and tested condenser mic (Electret), with a good pre amp circuit that uses the phantom power and have a balanced output. Others also, like the Bartlett etc.. There are a lot of cheaper electret mics also that say they are "condenser" mics but are not really true condenser mics, but electrets..

A good small diaphragm condenser microphone that uses phantom power, and has a good transformer balanced output is the way to go in my opinion, or an incredible "Dynamic" microphone (which is inherently balanced), and an expensive well designed pre amp.

The other way to go is the modern pre-processed electret or digital microphone as used on expensive phones etc.

@Doug will tell you what to get mic wise. But i bet it wont be cheap!

Unidyne was a good vocal mic for the stage, a sm57 would be better for fiddle imo. Neither really studio quality mics, but good and robust enough for the stage.