Reply To: Miking and EQing a double upright bass on live stage

[gilly]

Dick, we ended up swapping the 57 for a 58 for double bass and it ‘seemed’ to have less feedback. Interesting about wedgin it in with a towel…any photos of that?
Dan, we only have 57’s and 58’s at church. Yes i know u shouldn’t point it directly into soundhole,the bass player himself positioned mic to point at what he calls the ‘sweet spot’, just about 2″ to left of soundhole. I’ve read elsewhere the 57 should be positioned & aimed below the bridge and pointing up towards bridge (i might try that on Saturday). I also saw on web a 57 suspended with elastic bands under the strings just above the bridge….interesting!!
It was quite boomy which is why i took out below 200 hz with HPF,i know in theory you shouldn’t do that but hey i was just experimenting with the PEQ to maximise the gain before feedback and i ended up with HPF at 200hz and scooping out some mids in order to achieve this and get a half decent sound without feedback. Sacrificing some sound quality too reduce feedback. I know there’s probably a better EQ setup if i had the optimum mic and placement. ….which is why i started this thread,to see what sort of setups worked for other QU users. I read the double bass is one of the hardest instruments to mic and EQ right.