Bill Pittman Songwriter Showcase
January 26 at 7:00pm in CST
Trejo's Mexican Restaurant in Benton, Louisiana,
6374 Highway 3, Benton, Louisiana

Bill sounded great and had the audience in the palm of his hand. It was a great show.
DonM

Video?

I've had the honor of seeing Bill perform and he does a great job.

Gary

I can very happily say that I shared Don's stage with Bill, Hank (RIP) and one or two others ... one of the great nights in my music experience ...

Thanks, but I didn't use an arranger last night.

I have continued to read rave reviews of Heil PR-35 mic and I bought one and used it last night for first time. It's outstanding, for sure. I had been using EV PL-84 and it is awesome, as well but I think the Heil is even better. It should be, at the price you gotta pay.

Yes, Bill, that's not inexpensive, but perhaps it is worth it ...

Hmmmm, only 40Hz - 18kHz range? Seems like it'd be lacking in some of the sizzle that I've grown used to. That's not far off the specs of an SM58, and the mic world has come very far since 1958. (did you know that's where the name came from?)
Was it really that good, Bill? Tell us more - I've never used a Heil.

It sounded very robust. I especially liked the low end, tight and clear.
I'm pretty sure I couldn't hear 18khz.
DonM

Simple frequency range doesn't really tell the story of a mike. Response over that range is the FAR more important spec (along with polar response and proximity effect).

The human voice has virtually no component over 18kHz... (and Don's right - I seriously doubt any of us has any significant hearing in that range at our age!). Don't get too tied up in specs. Remember, 20kHz is only one octave higher than 10kHz. So the difference between 20kHz and 18kHz is nowhere near as big as you might think from the numbers.

Mind you, if you want to splash some large for a vocal stage mic, give the Neumann KMS 105 a listen. Absolutely the best thing I have ever heard outside of multi-thousand dollar studio condensers.

You're right about that Neumann - I had a KMS105 and I LOVED it ... when I plugged right into a PA, but when I went through my usual chain (through the kb speakers) it did not sound like $500 anymore. The EV 767a has performed great for me for the last few years.

My favorite MIC is my EV ND967,,,,,got it from Hank Bowman in LA may he R.I.P. think of him every time I use it....great Mic for LIVE Vocals.....for back up, or Guests I use it's lil' brother EV ND 767a.

http://www.electro-voice.com/family.php?id=128

Gotta LOVE that first sunburst Guild guitar!

That gave me a nice warm feeling!


Russ

Hank loved that 967, but I didn't like it. Specs are 50 - 13 kHZ!
I much prefer your backup mic! Specs are 35 - 22 kHZ.
DonM

Bill, did you ever have to reset the neck on the Guild?

I kind of think you didn't. Seemed really solid when it left here.

Fender is making Guild electrics after the acquisition, and I'm going to get a Starfire single cutaway when they're available.


Russ

Russ, just today, I saw an announcement for a whole new series of Guild acoustics... new Guilds. I think that former Gibson icon-acoustic-wizard-designer, Ren Ferguson (who left Gibson) has been working with Guild/Fender.

As for the Guild from you, no, the neck is fine and dandy and I am happy about that because it's not a simple fix on a Guild, it's anything but routine. But, can be done well in experienced hands.

I am going to put a new pickup system in it and there are some new ones these days that are definite improvements to get rid of the piezo quack.