akg?

[dannyflash78]

i got a new mic for christmas. its an akg perception 120. i have been told this is a vocal mic but can i use it for mic guitar? what about electric guitar? i visited akg's website but it wasnt very helpfull.

 

[Waffleness]

There isn't a law that says you cant use it on a guitar

Its a general purpose mic, whack it in front of an instrument and see what it sounds like. Trust your ears
You should be able to get a decent sound from it. It probably cant handle really high pressure levels, so putting it in front of a 800W Marshall stack isn't a great idea, but most guitar amps, sure, why not?

 

[Dani Pace]

Packageing and marketing descriptions can sometimes be decieving. "Vocal mic" sometimes is used to describe an omnidirrectional mic (designed to cut back on feedback in live situations by only picking up sound dirrectly in front.) Try it and see, at best it will work great, at the worst it will sound like crap. Like it is often said, experiment and let your ears be your guide.

 

[RAMI]

omnidirrectional mic (designed to cut back on feedback in live situations by only picking up sound dirrectly in front.)

Wouldn't that be a uni-directional????

 

[Dani Pace]

Wouldn't that be a uni-directional????

I stand corrected. My bad, guess thats what happens when i get in a hurry or try typing before my second cup of coffee.

 

[RAMI]

guess thats what happens when I.....try typing before my second cup of coffee.

I know what you're saying.

 

[suprstar]

It had a 20db attenuator, so you should be ok doing guitar cab's and etc.. I think it'll sound pretty good, AKG makes decent stuff.

 

[Chili]

... It probably cant handle really high pressure levels....

150db?? That's pretty frikkin loud!!!

 

[KineticSound]

150db?? That's pretty frikkin loud!!!

Waffle's amps go to "11"

 

[Waffleness]

Waffle's amps go to "11"

12 Actually

We all know the deal with tech specs for cheap-ish mics "I can do 150dB". I expect it would struggle with replicating sound at that volume.

 

[Chili]

12 Actually

We all know the deal with tech specs for cheap-ish mics "I can do 150dB". I expect it would struggle with replicating sound at that volume.

12 - you must have hand-written that in.

I wouldn't expect it to sound good that loud, either.

 

[KineticSound]

I know we're joking here, but Waffleness makes a good point to the OP... Yes, a condenser mic like the AKG 120 would likely sound great on an acoustic guitar, a certain degree of common sense should be exercised if you want to plant it in front of a Marshall stack (not that you would be likely to do that with a condenser mic anyway).

Vocal, acoustic instruments = yes.
Thunderous stacks of guitar amplifiers = no.

 

[dannyflash78]

thanks for all the replys. i will play around with it and hear what happens