Anyone played with the AKG C411?

[PistolPete]

I find myself tempted for one of these neat little contact mics, I'm just wondering if anyone has first hand experience of how they sound,whether they cause feedback issues etc?

[PistolPete]

I'm surprised at the lack of responses here - it's unlike the AGF to be lost for words

In the absence of anyone here telling me it's a terrible idea, I've ordered one & it should be here tomorrow. I will report back on my results....

[PistolPete]

So it arrived yesterday. First impression is that it's smaller than I was expecting. It sounds a bit more lifelike than a UST but doesn't quite capture the essence of the guitar.

I installed it behind the bridge on my Gibson L50 (which is a dry, punchy sounding archtop) like so:



Here's a couple of audio clips:

This is totally dry straight into my PC

This is the same clip with a tasteful amount of reverb & compression added

[HHP]

Offhand, I'd say it sounds a lot better than the typical UST. Don't use them much, but my experience with contact mics are that placement, even small changes, makes a huge sound difference.