Dear All: Lately I've been using a Shure KSM 137 condenser microphone, which seems to have several benefits. It's quite small, less than 6 inches long. It tends to pick up only sounds directly in front of it, filtering out background noise somewhat. It has a bass "roll-off" adjustment that helps tame the booming bass that comes with close micing, or "proximity effect." It requires a phantom power source. Being from a mainstream manufacturer, it's in the middle of the price range for such microphones, and probably easy to obtain in most countries. It can be used both for recording and live performance. I've been using it with an AER Alpha amplifier, which is really small and produces a very natural sound. I've traded in my Fender Acoustasonic Jr., which worked well but weighed three or four times as much and was a pain to lug around to gigs. Another benefit of the Alpha is that it provides phantom power (the Fender did not), further reducing the "gig load." Cheers, Jim
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