Our bluegrass band used three mics. I had one all the time on my bass fiddle. Then there were two hot condenser mics out front for vocals, fills, rhythm and solos. This requires a lot of coordination as pickers move in and out for solos and fills. Flatt and Scruggs were and nowadays the Del McCoury Band are masters of the technique. The band is essentially mixing themselves and not at the mercy of a sound person. We would always tell the sound folks to get our two condenser mics hot and then leave them alone. Also working tightly together allowed us to be less dependent on lousy monitors. It's a common setup. Then there are bluegrass bands that spread across the stage with 8-12 mics. A totally different sound stage. When we recorded I tried to establish the tight version of the earlier described scenario based on where I envisioned the band members standing. Check out some early BG bands or McCoury for examples.

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