vocal effects ala sparklehorse/waits

[gravy]

when i saw sparklehorse linkous had 2 mikes on 1 stand, one normal sounding/ looking one and next to it a way smaller sort of hand held interview looking mic that was distorted/filtered. anyone have any experience on gear/signal path to use to get that distorted/filtered/cocked wah sort of sound live on vocals within a band set up?

[sandman]

Mark had a DS-1 on his live board. It was allegedly used with his second vocal mike...I believe it's also about the mic itself...I'm sure someone knowledgeable will chime in...

RIP Mark Linkous

[orange worker]

a couple times i saw them he just had a cheap mic feeding the boss ds-1. not sure what model it was exactly but according to another thread he just used ones that came with old tape recorders in the studio to get the effect.

http://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/519798-sparkle-horse-mic.html

[Lolaviola]

A Shure lavelier mic works great. Whatever cheapo guitar amp you have on hand will work too instead of the Boss pedal; mic the guitar amp.
One of Mark's studio tricks, after Tom Waits, was to tape a tiolet paper roll on the end of a Shure SM57.

[beautiful liar]

Some people use a blues harp mic for distorted vocals. I'm not sure if this is how Linkous did it though.

What a loss...:(

[Meriphew]

I own these. They're phenomenal limited bandwidth mics.

Copperphone Mic

http://www.placidaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/PlacidAudio-copperphone-pegboard3.jpg

Harmonica Mini Mic

http://www.placidaudio.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/PlacidAudio-harmonica-mini-pegboard1.jpg

www.placidaudio.com (http://www.placidaudio.com)

[KK Jale]

ML found his favourite microphone in a landfill in Virginia. It was attached to a '40s tape recorder.

[gravy]

cool, looks like it`s time to go mic hunting @ goodwill!

[neatobassman]

Just find cheap mics and mess around with effects. You'll find something you like.