My 4x12 with G12EVH Heritage Greenbacks is a great sounding cab, but I'm finding more that 57s and it's close relatives do not do it justice. I cannot seem to get a great sound out of that combo, it's always kind of stiff sounding, filtering out the good qualities of that speaker. It's not a dislike of 57s/its close cousins, because by contrast, V30s and 57s/58s/7Bs seem to be a perfect match, it's a set-and-forget combo, you can lazily throw a Sure Dynamic mic on a v30 with minimal effort and get something usable.
I've noticed the same thing when watching YouTube demos of Greenback loaded cabinets, a single 57 on a GB always comes off nasal and stiff. The mic I use most on my cab is my Royer R10, which does a much better job of capturing the rich midrange of the speaker. If I wanna throw a double mic on a guitar track, rather than mic the same cab with a second mic, I'll run into my other 4x12 with X pattern T75 and V30s simultaneously and get that "57 top sizzle" from the other speaker and blend the two speakers.
What mics does everyone else use to mic Greenies?
I've noticed the same thing when watching YouTube demos of Greenback loaded cabinets, a single 57 on a GB always comes off nasal and stiff. The mic I use most on my cab is my Royer R10, which does a much better job of capturing the rich midrange of the speaker. If I wanna throw a double mic on a guitar track, rather than mic the same cab with a second mic, I'll run into my other 4x12 with X pattern T75 and V30s simultaneously and get that "57 top sizzle" from the other speaker and blend the two speakers.
What mics does everyone else use to mic Greenies?
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