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Thanks so much, sir !

Thanks a lot for listening and commenting ! And yes, the Mojotone would be my favorite, too.

Thanks a lot ! Yes, these mics are just amazing !

Hi, yes, the K&K can produce that percussive overload when hit hard. A decent preamp helps to tame that overload: RedEye, Sunnaudio or the Grace line of guitar preamps is what I tried. The Dazzo is more "generous" or more forgiving to that issue, although it's a more sensitive pickup. Great package ! Best Robert

@@roberthasleder1526 Thanks Robert

Hi, thanks - I totally understand !

Maybe in the far future these late 40s D18 guitars sell for $40,000, but right now and back when I bought mine they are much lower.

Hey, the mic is a Schoeps CMC6MK4 through a Pendulum MDP-1 preamp, no EQ and compression. I love that mic for its detailed and natural sound. Beside the Neumann KM84 it's my first choice for mandolin, acoustic guitar ...

@roberthasleder1526 nice, I love the sound of a condenser mic through a tube pre. I have been looking at a DIY KM84 clone, planning on sending that through a UAD 610. Mostly to record mando and guitar, but perhaps for hand drums as well

@@mississippijohnfahey7175 That sounds like a decent plan.

Hey, thanks so much, sir !

Oh, Dankeschön !

Thanks so much !

Oh, herzlichen Dank dafür !

Thanks a lot, sir !

Yes, it's a10-string Sobell. Here is a vid me playing that Sobell: ruclips.net/video/ZIVb9cKqiq4/видео.html

Here is another vid: ruclips.net/video/CZw5mK0BAEI/видео.html

@@roberthasleder1526 someone had one of his Octaves at a mandolin camp in Massachusetts and the sound in person was impressive. I actually had heard the same octave many years ago played by its original owner at mandolin symposium in New Hampshire

@@TimothySweeney Oh yes, these Sobell instruments are just amazing !

Hey there, thanks a lot. Best, Robert

Yes, standard set of light gauge strings on that guitar. Elixir back then, these days John Pearse or D'Addario XS.

@@roberthasleder1526 Thank you very much! I'm not fond of that tuning, but I may try again - this time with light gauge strings, though ...

Unfortunately I hadn't a Fishman Rare Earth Blend available. I used it for years with great results. Only thing I have to mention is the mic of the Rare Earth Blend was a tad to sensitive in the trebles.

@ i have a fishman rare earth (no mic) on my yamaha and it sounds great too.. thanks for your reply

Thanks a lot, sir !

Thank you very much ! Yes, I will try to describe. My mixing is pretty simple: Not any EQ involved, no compression an any instrument with the exception of the electric fretless which I compress while recording through an Universal Audio 6176 Channel Strip. Main acoustic guitar, mandolin and dobro are recorded with two microphones (Schoeps CMC MK4) to a Pendulum MDP-1 preamp, high pass filter set at 80 Hz. Most of my mixing work is setting the levels and do the panning: Bass and main guitar in the middle (the two guitar mic tracks recorded in wide A/B configuration, panned hard left/right), mandolin panned to the left (10 o' clock), dobro to the right (2 o' clock). I fix the sound of dobro and mandolin (each recorded with two mics: body, neck) by leveling the two mics for the sound I like on that track. You'll hear 12-string guitar panned hard right, Irish bouzouki panned hard left, both at very low volume - this gives me a wide stereo image. Reverb is Lexicon vintage plate on main guitar, dobro and mandolin, additional Lexicon reverb (1,5 ms) on the main guitar. I use moderate compression and limiting in the stereo bus. So all in all it's pretty simple, no tricks or gimmicks. It's all about fine instruments, a good sounding room, fine mics and preamps, the right placement of mics for the sound you'll hear in your head - that's what I learnt in 30+ years of recording acoustic strings. Hope that helps a bit.

Danke dir, freit mich sehr !

Hey there, I have no problems putting lights 12-53 on it. John Pearse PB or D'Addario XS is what I mostly use.

@roberthasleder1526 thanks!

Ganz herzlichen Dank dafür !

Hey, danke dir ganz herzlich, Yankee !

Thanks a lot, sir !

Hey, thanks a lot !

Wow, thank so much, Lutz ! Highly appreciated ! Yes, my instrumental music draws some inspiration from Celtic tunes and compositions in the vein of Turlough O'Carolan.

​@@roberthasleder1526 Ohh..never heard of him before. A singer and composer of the 17th century.. I'll have a listen.

@@Lutze_en_voyage He was a blind and the only harpist from that era whose sheet music has survived. So his music is a great source for many finger style guitarists adapting his music to guitar. Listen to Pat Kirtley, Robin Bullock, Peter Ratzenbeck, ...

@@roberthasleder1526 Thanks Robert

Mixer is a QSC Touchmix 16 - very happy with it !

Hi, I had no problems installing it in the guitar you see in this vid, but it didn't fit into a 1956 O18. I installed a regular length Schatten HFN in a friend's Martin 00015 Streetmaster with no problems. So it really depends on the particular guitar and its space between the x-braces. I would measure that space and decide or go for the short version anyway. Best, Robert

@@roberthasleder1526thanks, yes I will try either the passive or active one. Not sure yet. If it fitted the streetmaster well it should also fit in the regular 00015 model