want to buy mic for acoustic guitar, vocal

[Reggaesoldier]

Sounds great, Big Kenny, but it kind of blows the 300.00 budget out of the water. The AT4033 alone is more than 300.00 new, but if you were only buying one mike for both vocals and acoustic, it may be the right mike if you could find it used for 300.00.

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[Treeline]

There are a lot of ways to do this well. All I know is what I've done, and that involved a similar budget.

My favorite setup (so far, given my gear) is an MXL 603s close miced on the acoustic guitar, mixed with a Studio Projects B1 a couple of feet away. I also use a B1 for vocals, micing an amp, micing a set of three amps (set 'em up like a U-shape on the stage and suspend the SP B1 in the center - works great), have used it with a pair of 603s on a drumkit, and for all kinds of other things. The SP B1 has turned into one of my live sound workhorse mics and it's a good thing I got a pair.

There are better mics for vocals - and if you want to spend the money, better mics for anything. But for a $300 budget doing acoustic guitar and voice, it's pretty hard to go wrong with a pair of MXL 603s ($200 street price with shockmounts) and an SP B1. That's $290. Each mic gives me more than I thought it would, not less.

Be careful handling these by the way; any condenser mic is fragile. Treat 'em with care.

 

[cominginsecond]

Looks like you can get the MC012s for around $100 a piece on ebay. I'd get two of those and a v67 for vocals on that budget. I really do not care for the 603s on acoustic guitar much.