DPA 4099 Acoustic Guitar Microphone Review

[@jaikwillis]

I have this mic and gig with it a few times a week. It sounds exactly like my archtop guitar only louder. There's no comparison to a pickup. If you visit my page I have several videos using this mic on an archtop acoustic. Obviously you have to be sane about monitoring, it is a mic and can feedback if you are unreasonable with it, but it has about double the gain before feedback compared to an ordinary lavalier mic. I was able to gig it in a club in a band with a drummer, running the mic through a less than ideal acoustasonic amp, and there was plenty of gain to cut with solos. Obviously you can get way more volume before feedback with a pickup, but it won't sound your instrument the way the DPA does. You can also pivot the mic around on the fly like a tone knob to tweak your timbre, adjusting extra lows or highs by pivoting it towards or away from a soundhole or using proximity effect the same way.. It wants full standard 48v phantom power, if you run it on 12v phantom you'll add some hiss, not an unusable amount , but more than I like. I carry a phantom power unit, and a Lizard Leg boost pedal to get more gain when I need it. I couldn't be happier with the DPA 4099g.

[@bmfilmnut]

Your videos are always so helpful and informative. Thanks for taking the time to post them.

[@captbanjo1]

Nice demonstration. I have one on order now. Looking forward to it. I love how the guitars resonance and warmth is picked up by adding the mic..

[@AcousticGuitarMag]

The pickup in Doug's guitar is a Seymour Duncan MagMic.

[@DougYoungGuitar]

@SONGSTICKS Yes, any mic will pick up bleed from other instruments, voice, etc. But it's not usually a problem, anymore than having a mic on a stand in front of the guitar. James Taylor has been using one of these, for example, and it doesn't seem to cause a problem with him singing.

[@AcousticGuitarMag]

The guitar Doug is using in this video is a Kevin Ryan Mission Grand Concert.

[@reverendmississippi]

I have an expensive Martin will it attack the laquer

[@tedtanner]

Mic alone @ 3:17

[@soulwalker55]

umm i got a question wat is the middle part call????? the part in between the circle

[@Fishies125]

This sounds amazing!! Getting one as soon as possible.

[@MrPsychoticGoblin]

Awesome video Great Review thanks! Just about everything I need to hear/know.

[@clfurness]

Could anybody comment on how well this would pick up string and body percussion? Or direct me to a review of something that does work well in the situation?

[@bicguitar]

Nice. Could anyone recommend a wireless system to got with this mic, for classical guitar?

[@SONGSTICKS]

Excellent demo and sounds very nice.. but I think $599 is a tad steep !! You could buy a Rare earth pickup for much much less and would sound every bit as good, if not better. I also noticed at one point when you brought the mic in, it picked up your talking voice. I would imagine when singing and in a crowded place you'd get lots of overspill and possibly feedback problems. Great for home recording though. I'd buy one but not at THAT price !!

[@alainlabrie]

What about feedback? I'm using a flamenco guitar and don't want to use any pickup system because that always sound bad on nylon strings. Also I play a lot live with loud instruments surrounding me and often for big audiences so the volume got the be fairly loud. Will it work?

[@MidouBanChan]

if i'm singing while playing, will the microphone pick up on the vocals?

[@january2798]

Thanks for the great review and guitar playing. I do two different things musically. I sing while accompanying myself on guitar and the other thing I do is improvise musically with multiple instruments including congas, flute, harmonicas and many mini percussion instruments. Would it be easy to remove this mic from the guitar quickly and place it on a mic stand or instrument tray and use it for my other instruments? Any suggestions would be helpful. Buying two of these is beyond what I can afford at this time. Thanks.

[@pjmuck]

Great demo, Doug. What kind of thumb pick do you use? I noticed you are strumming with it. I've been looking for a thumb pick that enable me to do both fingerstyle and strumming, and everything I've tried so far doesn't sound right or work well on the upstrokes.

[@daubian]

jazzy, i wanna record my nylon acoustic guitar, just wondering if your newman km-184 or if this one would be better. thx

[@promoted738]

Awesome! That guitar is worth more than my car.

What guitar is this?

[@jds711]

@3:25 for the actual playing...

[@bigdoghat]

It would have much more useful to hear the mic on its own first then blended with the pick up - this video isn't much use for hearing what this mic is like

[@vjsurfandmusic]

Your reviewing the mic---just use the mic ALONE at least a little. C'mon

[@Eppiphane]

i think he did...

[@xgcqt5]

nice microphones, but a potato cam :D

[@roomfullofidiots]

thank you!!!! geez all these people do is talk!