the t.bone BD 300 5-stars Reviews

Amazing mic for the price

Can't fault this mic at all. I bought it for live use so the kick can go through the PA for functions gigs. Didn't only deliver on that but it's actually a great sounding mic!

T Bone BD300

Was looking for a cheap kick drum mic for live use and so bought this with the millennium stand bundle. Seems well made and with the stand it works really well as I can set it to sit on the edge of the bass drum with the stand leg into the drum so it doesn?t stick out. (We are often pretty cramped on stage).

We are not really audiophiles in the band and so I can?t really give you a view on the sound. Other reviews have commented on this, but for £35 I thought we?d try it. What I can say is, we put it on the bass drum, plug it in to the desk, and we can hear it in the band mix. Maybe it?s not a mic you would use for recording, but for live gigs at small / medium venues its fine.

Great for a wooly vintage sound

Might not suit if you are looking for a contemporary kick sound that cuts through the mix, but is great at laid back kick sounds. Nice to have alongside the other more obvious kick microphone choices.

Nice sound

Okay an AKG D112 it isn't, but it sounds fine for the price

You would not think that this is a £35 microhphone

I bought this microphone for studio recording purposes, such as miking my bass drum, or miking a bass amplifier. I used to use at least two microphones on the bass drum (one for sub the other for punch) - now I just use this!

When placed just inside of the port hole of the bass drum, pointed between the beater and the rim of the bass drum, you will get an amazing punchy yet full sound from this microphone.

The microphone itself is solid, I could chuck it down the stairs and it would't do a thing to it! I will say though that I do not like having the XLR cable coming out the back of it as it generally makes the mic more unwieldy to use especially if you want it inside the bass drum.

Overall though, it would be silly to not get one of these if you are looking for a new bass drum microphone.

Great Microphone at a bargain price

It is not worth messing around with non Bass Drum Mics.

This can take the sound pressure levels easily and it gives a warm tone.

Used with my Zoom H2N it also adds low end depth to the Toms and Snare in a live room. Has a built in Mic Stand adaptor which further adds value.

Will definitely buy other t.bone Microphones in future.

Reinforced bass drum sound

The look of microphone is very convicible. Placing on stand is quite easy and plastic wing-nut hold microphone rather well on position. Connecting it to the mixer (Behringer Q1202 USB) requires gain on the control at 9 o'clock. I do some EQ (high and low freq. are at 3 o'clock). The microphone is placed some 10 cm from resonant bass drumhead, pointing at 6? drumhead hole. That way get enough punch and low-end, but also clean attack. I have tried to record without t.bone microphone (with only two condenser mics), but the bass drum sound didn't have enough definition and power. So, using it just for micing bas-drum, the t.bone is very good and affordable solution. I have tried to record bass guitar with it, but that wasn't good: too silent and thin, it has to be used only for its designed purpose.

Great Value Mic

Just used this last night for the first time at a gig to mic up the bass drum & also a cahon in a rock/indie/punk band. First thing I noticed was that the connection to the xlr lead was very tight and wondered whether it was too small, it turned out okay and it was a tight/snug fit, but I suppose that isn't a bad thing as it is less likely to come apart, so let's be postive here - perhaps it's an intentional useful feature.

My initial reaction to the sound captured by this mic on the bass drum was astonishment, how could an item so cheap be capable of such good results! The lows were very well defined and precise and I was very happy with how this sound blended in with the rest of the kit.

Next up we used this to mic up a cahon. Probably wasn't my first choice for this but it was the closest and easiest thing to sort as there wasn't as seperate mic available at the time. Well yet again I was very impressed and quite relieved actually that this handled this cahon with ease, Two people from the audience remarked afterwards how great it sounded. Boom!

So in summary, this mic is such great value, I would definately recommend it and don't waste your money on a named brand unless you have money to burn.

Brill Mic

Yes brill mic for the money~robust and well bassy~~Great stuff~~

very good mic

I bought this mic for using with baritone for live. For this price It is perfect for kick drum and uasable with baritone too. if you are looking for good quality microphone and you are tight with budget, this is right mic for you!

Build like a tank and sounds like it's big brother!

Based heavily on the AKG mic of the same purpose but only a fraction of the price this was an essential when we were looking at upgrading equipment in the band! It gets thrown around an awful lot and has yet to even slightly fault! Excellent product!