Folk Music With Fiddle Banjo Mandolin Guitar Bass

This is my go to tuner for acoustic guitar, banjo and fiddle. Reliable and accurate.

I bought this Mic. to record music to practice playing along with. I recorded guitar and fiddle music in my living room and was amazed at the quality of sound that I got using this relatively inexpensive mic and free software (I used audacity) on my laptop. I would have no reservations at all about recommending the Blue Snow Ball to a friend and look forward to many fun hours of recording with it!

I am using this for recording violin, acoustic guitar, mandolin, and piano, and all sound great. I already own the mk4 and love it, but wanted something a little more directional that can reject some of the room noise, since I am not recording in a totally isolated environment. The mk41 sounds just as good as the mk4 and definitely cuts down on any background noise. Only downside is that I have less leeway to move around when recording, whereas with the mk4, which has a wider capture, it's a little more forgiving. But I got the mk41 specifically for this purpose to just focus on what's directly in front of it, and it's doing the job even better than expected without any loss of quality or musicality in the tone. Love it! And plus one for B+H's amazing customer service. They were extremely helpful.

The C411pp produces a reasonably accurate reproduction of the sound of my O-hole mandolin and classical guitar. The signal is strong (I set the guitar below unity), giving me plenty of headroom on my mixer. The pickup goes on easily and comes off easily. I wish the putty was a little less sticky; you have to be careful to get if all off the surface of the instrument.

This tuner has done a great job of getting my mandolin, mandola and guitar into tune. If you also use harmonics, you can see if your instrument's bridge is placed correctly. It will help you make sure that you are playing in tune as you use the whole fretboard.

Tuner works quickly and very well. So far I’ve used it for acoustic guitar and banjo. I have an autoharp on order and that will be the real test. Good looking tuner at a great price.

I needed a quick way to record some quality acoustic music for my dad's family trip DVD, and the Snowball did the job. Plug-n-play, used Audacity, and recorded a few crisp old-time banjo parts for the video (I know what you're thinking--deliverance, but that's BLUEGRASS banjo). Sound was very clean, a perfect alternative to the noisy racket recorded when using my laptop's internal speaker. Used the second setting, I thought it wasn't going to record hot enough but it gave me plenty of volume for what I needed. Great produce, would recommend.

I use a mic stand with a boom for performing folk/country music with a band and solo. I have used many cheap stands in the past, and there are always issues with them. This stand and boom are very high quality and appear to be built to last. The boom is the perfect size and telescopes in to a very short length for transport. So far, I have not seen anything negative about this boom.

Excellent for tuning your Banjo

Ideal if you play bass or guitar and sing. It gives you space from your instrument.