J Mascis

"GC: What's your mic-ing set-up? Do you use one mic?

Mascis: [Producer] John Agnello used a Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD-421 and a Shure SM87 on one track, just bound together. They're all close, all right on line."

Mascis has also used (and still uses) an SM57 as a vocal mic, particularly during the recording of Dinosaur Jr's Farm (as seen in this episode of Pitchfork's In The Studio) and in this live performance of Dinosaur Jr's "Sludgefeast".

"GC: What's your mic-ing set-up? Do you use one mic?

Mascis: [Producer] John Agnello used a Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD-421 and a Shure SM87 on one track, just bound together. They're all close, all right on line."

An MD-421 was also used during the recording of Dinosaur Jr's Farm, as seen in this episode of Pitchfork's In The Studio.

"GC: What mics do you use on the kick?

Mascis: On the kick I've gone through a lot of different ones, but now I've just been using a Diamond Jet 47. I also like the Beyer M88. I'm always least happy with bass drums."

Mentioned by Mascis in this interview from the Guitar Center article.

GC: What mic do you prefer for the vocals?

Mascis: An old AKG D12.

GC: Do you compress and bounce that?

Mascis: Oh yeah!

GC: Can you give me some advice to do that?

Mascis: No. Try to do a few tracks. It's really impossible to bounce. I have a friend who's trying to decide between 24 tracks of vocals and it's insane. I try to keep it to four and make one out of four. If I don't like it, then I'll just sing it again.

"I dig the Telefunken v76 mic pre. I use that thing for vocals, guitar, and toms. It's the coolest, heaviest mic pre I've heard. Definitely not transparent, an audio word I hate. If it doesn't have a sound why would I wanna use it."

"GC: What's your mic-ing set-up? Do you use one mic?

Mascis: [Producer] John Agnello used a Shure SM57, Sennheiser MD-421 and a Shure SM87 on one track, just bound together. They're all close, all right on line."