A Unique Pan Drum Microphone for Such A Unique Instrument!
When it comes to musical instruments, most have a similar look and feel. An acoustic guitar is similar to a resonator, which is similar to a ukulele. However, there is one instrument that is quite unique and that is the pan drum. What makes this instrument so unique is the shape and design. What looks like a turtle shell, the pan drum is able to give amazing vibration sounds from different parts of the instrument. In order to properly mic the pan drum some creativity is needed and you’ll end up with a bunch of overhead mics getting in the way of your ability to play the pan drum. That is until now. Myers Pickups has created a pan drum pickup that easily clips to the side of the pan drum out of the way of your performance space. We’ll go over a few different options of pan drum microphones you can use to properly mic your amazing pan drum and really get those vibrating tones to resonate the whole room.
The Feather Pan Drum Pickup
The first pan drum pickup we will look at is the Myers Feather Pickup System. This pan drum pickup has a battery-powered preamp with volume control. Easily control your volume level on your pan drum pickup during a recording or live gig. Extending out from the pan drum pickup is a long 48” pan drum microphone. This pan drum microphone easily clips on to the side of the pan drum and catches every note ringing from the pan drum. The pan drum microphone will keep the clear and natural sound of this beautiful instrument. Most other pan drum pickups distort the sound or give it an unnatural metallic sound. Myers Pickups does not. Listen to your pan drum through this pan drum pickup and you will hear the same acoustic sound only louder. The pan drum microphone can be moved around to pickup up the best high and low frequency combination.
The Feather-2 Pan Drum Pickup
The second pan drum pickup we are highlighting is very similar to the first, however this pan drum pickup has two pan drum microphones to catch a wide range of tone off of any pan drum. This pan drum pickup has the same battery powered preamp system allowing you to plug in and play with no extra power needed. A small volume knob on the pan drum pickup allows you to stay in control of your sound. Extending out from the pan drum pickup enclosure is not one, but two pan drum microphones both reaching 48”. Both of these pan drum microphones can easily be clipped to opposite sides of the pan drum capturing every note and tone you play. The same clear and natural sound of our pickups is guaranteed with this pan drum pickup and pan drum microphone. Keep your acoustic sound however amplify it using our pan drum pickup. Move each pan drum microphone to any location to help capture every note you play with confidence.
The Feather-Duo Pan Drum Pickup
The last pan drum pickup we want to share is the Myers Feather-Duo Pickup System. This pan drum pickup sticks with the same structure and features as the first two, however offers a new and convenient feature only available with this pan drum microphone. This pan drum pickup has the same small battery-powered preamp with a volume knob. Instead of having the pan drum microphones built in to the pan drum pickup, the pan drum microphones are able to plug in to the pan drum pickup allowing you to plug each pan drum microphone in and out of one pan drum pickup preamp. The beauty of this design is that you can remount your pan drum microphones to multiple pan drums and easily switch between each of them simply by plugging in one pan drum microphone to your pan drum pickup preamp and unplugging it and swapping out the pan drum microphone with another. During a live gig this is virtually unnoticed as you move between different style of pan drums and percussion instruments. Achieve ultimate freedom with this band drum pickup system.
The pan drum’s unique design makes it difficult to properly mic up. However with the solutions from Myers Pickups there is now multiple pan drum pickups that will have you in awe. Any of these pan drum pickups will capture the natural sound of your pan drum and offer different benefits for live gigs or recordings. All pan drum pickups are backed with our Myers Pickups’ 100% satisfaction guaranteed. Apart from amazing pan drum microphones they also offer a one-of-a-kind customer service that is unbeatable. Order custom pan drum pickups or pan drum microphones to make your pan drum set up the best as possible! With Myers Pickups your passion, is heard!
As with every model in our Feather Series, our original Feather allows incredible versatility. Mounts on almost any instrument without need for modifications.