MXL DX2 Dual Capsule Variable Dynamic Guitar Amplifier Microphone

Amazing microphone for the price, gives you a wide range of tones with the blend knob. I was so impressed that I got 3 of them for my mic closet and I have no regrets. They are light yet durable and I’m not scared to rough them up a little while on the road!

Very cool mic. Sounded great right on the middle setting.

I use to use an RE20, MXL R144 or Shure SM57 to mic my guitar cabinets. This mic is far superior to those.I highly recommend it. BTW, I purchased a second DX2. These are that good.

Recording bass guitar, very good response at 40 hz and up. Low freq. Mic at 60% hi freq mic at 40%. (Dial set at 1:00 pm)

I have a recording studio where we record original rock music. Our studio owns a lot of microphones for guitar ranging from SM-57's to Royer 121 and Sennheiser MD421 and many many more. MXL is one of my favorite brands so when they came out with this mic for guitar amps I had to give it a try.The price is reasonable and the mic seems to be built well. The body feels like its all metal, the knob turns easily and feels good and the output connector is nice and sturdy. The stand-mount that comes with the mic is very simple and lightweight but does the job of mounting the mic on a stand adequately.The sound from this microphone is interesting. One capsule is a bit bright, the other is a bit darker, you turn the knob to blend between the two capsules to change the tone. In use, I found myself liking the darker (full counter-clockwise) position rather than any in-between positions or the bright capsule by itself (which sounded a bit thin to me).For testing I mic'd up a Marshall 1960 4x12 cabinet loaded with V30 Celestion speakers. I also tried it on an Eminence 12" guitar speaker and an old Electro-Voice EVM 12L in a Mesa Boogie enclosure.The instructions say you can hang the mic over your cabinet and let the flat side of the mic sit against the grill cloth of the speaker. That position gave the poorest sound quality in my usage. The mic comes with a stand adaptor, I liked the sound of the mic much better on the stand adaptor and spaced 4" to a foot in front of the speaker being mic'd. This position, farther out in front of the speaker delivered a fuller and much more natural tone than being very close to the cone.It would be nice if the mic had an indicator on the side that showed where the internal mic elements are located physically, I found the tone could be changed quite a bit by where the mic was located in front of the speaker. In general I liked the mic to be in front of the cone, not in front of the center dome of the speaker where it sounded too buzzy and brash.Overall I like the mic but I ultimately question if having two inexpensive elements and balancing between them is a very good way to mic a guitar speaker and control the tone. I'll keep playing with it because that's my job.I'm happy to see MXL do something creative and make a microphone that did not exist before. Not sure I'd buy it again but I don't hate it, maybe it will shine on something I have not tried it on. I'll keep experimenting.Good music to all!