Sterling ST170 Ribbon Mic Demo on Guitar Cabinet

Sterling Microphone Demo recording and comparing sounds with an sm57 on a mesa boogie 4x12 cabinet with a Splawn Quickrod 100 Head and a super strat style guitar.
This video demonstrates the technique of blending a ribbon mic with a dynamic mic for texture and fullness.

[@gussywellz9714]

hey hey, Jon, I have been wondering about this mic for a while! u answered my curiosity! Sounds great! looking forward to many more vids! cheers!

[@37teban]

Awesome demo! i love the combination of both mics...

[@squiertelecaster6854]

Wow, that's a big sound.I have a ST51 and really like it.

[@JonBingham]

Squier Telecaster I dig.

[@tedc6694]

St170 a keeper. Little hissy in my limited playing with one but on a cab that won't matter at all

[@henryhuynh2099]

Nice mix and Demo! Are you using stock Pres from the Scarlett ?

[@summerofgeorge585]

Any issues with phase as the 2 mics are placed at different distances from the speakers?

[@jarredbaca8112]

If they’re different distances I’m sure he has to go in and align them

[@ShadovvV]

@3:50 - Oddly enough, you said you're positioning the ribbon with "the dust cap right in front of it, dead center".. but the picture you show has the microphone on the edge of the speaker. lol So which was it? The sound clip of the ribbon by itself also sounds like it was on the edge, so if it was dead center, I'd think there would be more sizzle and I didn't hear that, which means it had to be further away or on edge of the speaker. Weird.. did you forget what you did maybe? hahahha

[@stubkar]

With any figure 8 mic..... Dead center is ideal....

[@rollowarlin8450]

Ribbon mics break easy so buying used is a crap shoot. Who has any knowledge as to how different a broken one sounds to a well working ribbon mic. THANX!!!

[@joshmcdzz6925]

wrong.. that myth no longer holds as much..