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Harmonica Microphones
Harmonica Microphones
The harmonica is a relatively loud instrument acoustically, but if you are playing in a band situation, competing with the drummer and guitarist for volume, a mic and amp are essential tools. You might also want to achieve the classic overdriven blues harp sound of harmonica greats for the 1960s onwards, which is only possible with a great sounding amp and microphone.
What is the Best Type of Microphone for The Harmonica?
Harmonica players have used all types of microphones over the years - sometimes due to expediency more than anything else. However, these days most players have settled on various types of bullet-shaped mic, as they offer the best combination of tone and ergonomics when playing the harmonica.
Microphones such as the Shure Green Bullet have historically been extremely popular, but more recently, options that provide great tone in a smaller sized package have been produced by Blowsmeaway, with its Bulletini mic, and Hohner, with its HarpBlaster
What are the Advantages of Smaller Bullet Microphones?
Bulletini and Hohner HarpBlaster Mics
At The Harmonica Company we look to source mics that are suited specifically for playing the harmonica. We stock the BlowsMeAway Production Bulletini ("The tiny bullet harmonica mic with the great big tone") The Bulletini is available in two formats - with volume control and without volume control. The former allows the volume to be manipulated at the microphone with no alteration of the tone (something that other microphones struggle to achieve. The non-volume control model is slightly cheaper and is perfect for situations where the player doesn't need to manipulate the volume level (eg when going through a mixing desk controlled by a sound engineer. Both microphones feature the same Heumann element, which gives the fantastic vintage tone for which Blowsmeaway microphones are famous.
Another great microphone that we recommend, at a slightly lower price point, is the Hohner HarpBlaster HB52, which draws on the German brand's years of experience of producing harp mics and combines modern features, such as an XLR output, with vintage design and tone.
