soundhole cap for gypsy guitar?

LorenzoLeJazzHot

hello everybody. I know it's a strange question but, does anyone know if someone has ever created a soundhole cap for a petit bouche? I'm used to play live by using an audio-technica PRO70. Even though I insert it inside the guitar I always have problems of "larsen effect".

ya-honza

I found with my AT381 that it works best clipped outside the soundhole, below the treble side of the fingerboard at about a 45deg angle pointing towards the soundhole. A foam windshield on the mic can also help.

If I mount it inside the soundhole, i find it a bit too 'boomy'. I also use a good pre-amp so can experiment with phase reversal, notched frequency cuts etc

ya-honza

Cutting the bass frequencies helps a lot too, my preamp can cut at 80Hz or 200Hz, I usually need to use the latter.