MXL makes a good inexpensive mic. After recording upright bass with one for Tommy Overstreet's Country Gospel Favorites album

http://www.mp3.com/artist/tommy-overstreet/summary/

I got one. It isn't the Mogami tube model, it's the least expensive of their large diaphragm condenser mics. It sounded good in the studio, harder to hear on these MP3's, but sounds good on the cd. They're not in the same league with a Neumann, or a 414 or one of the top shelf models, but are as good as any of the Chinese capsule mics I've heard. But mine does have a somewhat brittle high end. The tube model is most likely warmer and the Mogami wiring must help clear up the highs.


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