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Model 2 fits soundhole without modification of guitar.
Review on acousticguitar.com/newgear
also reviewed in Acoustic Guitar magazine (March 2010)
features: 2 microphones mechanically (not electronically) out of phase to reduce feedback 2 year battery life model 1 has easy installation tool
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RE: Miniflex 2Mic -- new in-guitar mic (in reply to a_arnold)
Yeah, I saw this too. I don't know how much better a mic needs to sound. I'm wondering about feedback in a live setting. Does anybody here use a Miniflex?
RE: Miniflex 2Mic -- new in-guitar mic (in reply to a_arnold)
These have been around for some time now I had two student models fitted with them about 5 years ago They sound great - The phasing of the two mics reduces feedback significantly and gets rid of the low mid and bass problems They sound best through a Pa or two way speaker system From recollection Jason Mcguire used these in preference to the Baggs system Good price as well They have that internal mic 'boxiness' sound - no avoiding that with any product that goes on the inside .
I eventually sold the guitars and now use a dpa 4099 But the new owners love the system
RE: Miniflex 2Mic -- new in-guitar mic (in reply to Guest)
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ORIGINAL: AlVal They have that internal mic 'boxiness' sound - no avoiding that with any product that goes on the inside .
I eventually sold the guitars and now use a dpa 4099
Me too!
Yep agree totally. For an internal mic, the system is really good, and better than say those Fishman systems with internal mics/USTs blends where you can only get a tiny amount of mic gain before feedback (I actually had a Miniflex installed with a Fishman system already on the same guitar).
But yeah its tough to avid the boxy thick mid rangey sound with internal mics and to my ears not better than the best of the surface-mounted transducer based pick ups.
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RE: Miniflex 2Mic -- new in-guitar mic (in reply to Blondie#2)
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ORIGINAL: Blondie#2
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ORIGINAL: AlVal They have that internal mic 'boxiness' sound - no avoiding that with any product that goes on the inside .
I eventually sold the guitars and now use a dpa 4099
Me too!
Yep agree totally. For an internal mic, the system is really good, and better than say those Fishman systems with internal mics/USTs blends where you can only get a tiny amount of mic gain before feedback (I actually had a Miniflex installed with a Fishman system already on the same guitar).
But yeah its tough to avid the boxy thick mid rangey sound with internal mics and to my ears not better than the best of the surface-mounted transducer based pick ups.
we use fishman's all the time, super loud with no feedback if you not afraid to blend piezo. A lot has to do with your PA, but all things considered good quality it's not so hard to eq out the "boxy" nasal sound. http://youtu.be/EzVmz5g9nYs that's fishman 50/50 piezo/mic believe it or not. Here a bit warmer sound same set up: http://youtu.be/7SwG1pymrkw These are not near as loud examples as when we do the rumba band thing ... it can get super loud and if you know what you are doing, zero feedback.
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RE: Miniflex 2Mic -- new in-guitar mic (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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ORIGINAL: Miguel de Maria
That sounds pretty good, Ricardo. You have the blend system into a normal guitar? Preamp on a belt-pack or something?
Conde A26 meets jigsaw (gasp), many years ago. never regretted it ever since... she's my amazing workhorse, so fun and nice to have a real quality instrument with power to boot.
RE: Miniflex 2Mic -- new in-guitar mic (in reply to Stu)
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Man! That black guitar!? i can't say I like the aesthetic. What made you get that?
It's made of carbon fiber, man, so it's indestructible and does not get affected by humidity/temperature changes. Also, the neck comes off, so it becomes a carry-on for easy travel.
It's a travel guitar, yeah, but I do play it quite a bit. It's just an instrument that I don't worry about, you know? It stays outside on a stand, always within reach, with no humidification concerns. If I bump it / smack it, nothing happens. It's indestructible.
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RE: Miniflex 2Mic -- new in-guitar mic (in reply to rombsix)
well external mic is superior, however you have it far away. That won't work for guys that play with palmas and screaming cantores like I do. . So likely to get more gain I would bring it close to the hole (if that is were sound comes out strongest on that damn thing!).
The internal mic is much warmer. Too warm, or rather those basses are ringing on too much (unless you have a compressor doing that). I would roll off that low end on the internal mic. Obviously the convenience of an internal mic is the huge selling point.
When I play live these days, if I am not doing the sound myself, I would use my Conde A26 (blanca) or A25 (negra) with a mic, close to the hole. If I am doing the sound I will do as earlier videos show, the A26 plugged in. Lately I am cool with like 90% piezo since I had the bone saddle changed (it is more balanced then it used to be), and that 10% fisherman mic is working great with hardly any feedback and natural attack and golpes. I don't even roll off much bass anymore with the EV monitors I am using. I have also used the negra with the vocal mic (Shure beta 87A), and gain very close to the sound hole and roll off a lot of bass to get a natural loud out put. I still don't like compression on live guitars and vocals, it is so annoying to me when engineers sneak it on as if you won't notice.
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never regretted it ever since... she's my amazing workhorse, so fun and nice to have a real quality instrument with power to boot. 
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