Les Claypool's second mic

Marson 101 · #1 01-11-2007, 07:54 PM

I know i know it has nothing to do with bass playing move this thread if you'd like I'm just curious that second microphone les claypool uses ...... what is it? why is it different ? who's it made by ..... whats it purpose? etc....etc....

Petary791 · #2 01-11-2007, 08:10 PM

1. Some microphone that makes it sound distorted/through a telephone.
2. Looks like a bass drum mic or something.
3. Shure?
4. To give him that distorted sound.

CHILDISHGAMBINO · #3 01-11-2007, 08:30 PM

I haven't seen the mic but I'm pretty sure it's a harmonica mic. They sound distorted when used for vocals like in Tommy the Cat and Jerry was a Race Car Driver. Could be something completely different though but a lot of people use harmonica mics of distorted vocals.

Marson 101 · #4 01-11-2007, 08:47 PM

oh alright but btw yours idea of it being the tommy the cat mic , he sings through a regular mic in tommy the cat .. it's tom waits who does the distorted voice in the song because his voice is screwed up like that ....

labgnat · #5 01-11-2007, 10:49 PM

some sort of bullet mic. he got the idea to use it from mark sandman the bass player from the band morphine. the mic has a label on it that says sandman.

Bassman18 · #6 01-20-2010, 10:35 PM

I think its a Shure Green Bullet(or similar bullet mic) designed for Harmonica. I also play blues harp, and G.A.S over harp gear too, so watching Les singing into a bullet mic was like... -twitches-

Joe Gress · #7 01-20-2010, 11:34 PM

He uses that mic a ton these days. It's funny because he has two singing positions. The first is a regular stance in front of his normal mic, and the second is with his foot on his monitor leaning forward.

neptoon · #8 01-21-2010, 05:42 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkstx...eature=related

nope, just a back up for when the primary mic is broke

foq1978 · #9 01-21-2010, 06:01 AM

From wikipedia:

"Claypool also has a Sandman sticker on his bullet microphone."

As a tribute to Mark Sandman.

**Mound of Sound** · #10 01-21-2010, 06:21 AM

It's the mic he uses for the verses on 'Toys Go Winding Down'

JOE_MARSH · #11 01-21-2010, 06:30 AM

"TOADIES singer does same thing with two mics"...the mic is used on different sections of songs, tommy the cat is perfect example..Ive seen LES a few more times then most people have...and he uses it for more distorted, wide open singing/talking..

Jehos · #12 01-21-2010, 08:07 AM

It's a pretty common thing. I've even seen Ani DiFranco do the same trick. Basically you have one mic for your "clean" singing that goes through compressor, EQ, reverb, whatever. Then you have a "dirty" mic that gets fed through more effects. A lot of times it's used for a gritty lo-fi sound, so harmonica mics and the like are popular because they're so easy to overdrive with your voice.

thombo · #13 01-21-2010, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Marson 101

oh alright but btw yours idea of it being the tommy the cat mic , he sings through a regular mic in tommy the cat .. it's tom waits who does the distorted voice in the song because his voice is screwed up like that ....

while this is true for the album version, tom waits does not tour w/ les, and being one of his biggest songs, he does play the song live.

fwiw, i thought i recalled reading that tom waits sang into a bullhorn for the TtC vocals.