Mics on a B3 cabinet?

[psychicoctopus]

Any fave choices? Today I was setting up mics for a blues session on Friday and I realized I have no idea of how to approach a Hammond B3. The speaker cabinet has rotating horns for both the treble and bass speakers, right? I hear there is a standard 3-mic set up. Is this a place where the 57 rules the school as well?

[heylow]

I haven't done any FULL cab micing....just the woofer with no horn.

I think I'd mostly approach it like a good rock guitar, soundwise....thick and creamy. Probably a mixture of mics. I'm no help.......

Try THIS instead.


Hope that helps!

heylow

[Scodiddly]

That link pretty much covers it, although back in the 80's in our home studio we found that a Radio Shack PZM was easily wedged into the top of the cabinet for the horn.

Make sure you've got the cloth cover on the bass rotor! It makes a huge difference in reducing wind noise.

[psychicoctopus]

Thanks. That link is great!

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I used to do the 2 condensor top (Neumann U87)/1 condensor (Neumann U47fet) bottom thing, but without baffles- depending on studio- I got sick of the really ringy room sound from the top rotor.

Jim Scott got me into the dual 57 with AKG 414 or U47 on the bottom. I've done that bottom rotor thing both with and without the pop filter. The key for me is getting a stereo spread on the Top rotor that doesn't make me dizzy, yet still sounds like stereo- and then whether it actually ends up mixed stereo depends on the other instrumentation in the song.