Fiddle Mic testimonials

"We had a contra dance last night... the Fiddle Mic worked and sounded great. Smiles all around the second we heard the sound coming out of the speakers. [Another] fiddler was impressed and kept complimenting the mic throughout the night. We had zero feedback problems." -- John Pertalion, Boone Country Dancers

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"For the past year, three times a week, my guitar/violin duo has been using (and abusing) your Guitar Mic and Fiddle Mic. Not once have we ever had an issue with feedback, faulty equipment, or being stranded without sound due to the mics. Our live show depends upon clear and defined sound." -- Vincent Zorn, Mosaique Musique. www.vincentandvedant.com

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"I had another very successful outing with my Fiddle Mic at a dance last weekend. I'm convinced the ease of using the mic along with it's technical prowess made the on stage sound for all the players much, much better. Heck, even the banjo player said the fiddles sounded good. The mic is helping me hear better, the fiddle sound better, and I think as a result I have more confidence to play better - - this is a fun experience!" -- Patrick Dickey, Kansas

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"I've especially used the Fiddle Mic with both violins and violas. The mic easily fits underneath the tailpiece of the instrument, and that's a big advantage - it's close to the instrument and so gives you a strong signal not likely to feed back, but the tone is also warm and natural going right into the board. None of that horrible, scratchy tone you often get with close-miking. I've used them in hundreds of performance spaces, and there's seldom any need for EQ! Simple and beautiful. I highly recommend Bartlett microphones to strings players for any live acoustic setting." -- Jeremy Kittel www.jeremykittel.com (Jeremy is an internationally known fiddler, composer, and former member of the Turtle Island Quartet).

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"The Bartlett Fiddle Mic sounds both warm and clear without any edginess normally associated with close miking of string instruments.!" -- Mads Tolling www.madstolling.com (Internationlly renowned violinist, violist and composer, member of the Mads Tolling Quartet, formerly with the Turtle Island Quartet).

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"I put the Bartlett Fiddle Mic on my fiddle and it kept the screechy highs down (my fiddle is a good instrument but very bright sounding) and gave me lots of nice mid and lower range, keeping the rich sound that I bought the instrument to highlight. For the first time ever (and I've been playing for 40 years), an on-instrument mic gave me what I was looking for! I've tried them all. Nothing works as well as the Bartlett. We rolled off the lowest lows since they aren't part of the fiddle range anyway, and that took care of monitor feedback." -- Donna Hebert, fiddlingdemystified.com.

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"The Fiddle Mic pretty much beats everything I've tried so far, and that includes direct comparison with some of those high-end Scandinavian mics. How can the mic be so loud, so sweet, and no noise floor? It is a lot less cumbersome than the ones that arc over the fiddle, and the price is right." -- Darol Anger, Republic Of Strings, Turtle Island String Quartet, Associate Professor at Berklee School of Music.

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"I tried your Bartlett Fiddle Mic... The Fiddler was Jamie Laval: http://www.jamielaval.com/
He currently uses a Countryman Isomax. We first tried the Countryman B3, and he liked it, maybe a bit more than his Isomax. Then we tried the Bartlett Fiddle Mic, and he definitely liked it better than the Isomax or B3." -- Weogo Reed

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"Darcie Deaville, a singer-songwriter who also plays fiddle in the Austin Lounge Lizards... liked the Fiddle Mic quite a bit, which is pretty impressive since she usually uses either a Neumann U47 or U87 in the studio. We got a nice sound out of the violin in standard tuning, and it was more or less a push between the Sanken CU-41 and the Bartlett Fiddle Mic as to preference, but on the fiddle in open tuning, we definitely preferred the Bartlett sound. " -- Mike Jasper, Tape Op magazine #78.

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"The Fiddle Mic is working perfectly both for recording and live sound of the Ebony Hillbillies with no feedback. The recording quality is excellent. We placed it under the tailpiece where the strings attach facing towards the neck for a dry sound and moved it toward the f-hole for a warmer effect." --Richard Alderson, recording engineer-producer, aldersonacoustics.com

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"My name is Henrique Prince, and I am the fiddler with the Ebony Hillbillies. Your Fiddle Mic is the best amplification device I have ever used hands down, no contest. In the studio or live it has been spectacular. Perfect in the floor monitors and out in the crowd. Once again, the sound reproduction and ease of use of your creation is dazzling." -- Henrique Prince, The Ebony Hillbillies