Hi
I am playing a one-off 'gig' at a wedding this coming June. I'm actually playing the 'wedding march - modern equivalent). Thing is I'm only doing about 2 minutes of playing so hiring a 50W PA seems a very expensive solution at over £100. Then there's all the faffing about setting up and dismantling....
So, I'm thinking of perhaps a clip on pick-up and a mini-amplifier. Obviously this will be a compromise, but what do you folks out there think? Any sensible advice welcome...
Venue is small - a barn in fact - and straw bails for seating so my acoustic guitar will not be heard by those at the back..
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Alternatively, just put a mic at the 12th fret and use any powered speaker.
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Just because you're paranoid, don't mean they're not after youI have a minirig bluetooth speaker, so if I could find a suitable pickup and bluetooth interface I think that would do...
If you have to start buying stuff you may still be better hiring a portable PA, since you won't get much that will do the job for under £100 - even the Roland Micro Cube is over that now and is probably about the minimum - although at least you then get to keep it.
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Otherwise a clip on tie/lapel mic (Maplins if you're quick) and any amp with the tones optimised. Don't try and compete with a church organ for sound, there will be silence and then lots of "Oh she's beautiful" mumblings and it's all over.
With cheap lapel mics ensure you turn them off to save battery otherwise you get to the gig and have a dead mic! Don't ask me how I know this.
Or you could buy/borrow a cheap mic and an XLR to jack cable + just run it through an amp.
I went to a gig by Ben Harper at the Lowry in Salford. It seats up to 1700
For the first song, he carried a chair to the edge of the stage, in front of the monitors, and as far as I can tell, played it completely unamplified. the audience were silent, and you could hear it all.