Peel, a longtime Electro-Voice user, is a busy freelance tour manager and FOH engineer who trusts his EV mics to stand up to the rigours of touring. The new PL80's sound, along with its rugged, natural-feeling design, has made it Peel's go-to vocal mic.
"I love the PL80," says Peel. "It's awesome - I'm glad it's back with a vengeance. The PL80c is just like it was back in the day, but with all the advantages of state-of-the-art materials. And not only is it a great live microphone, it even works great when we're recording TV and doing in-studio stuff like that. But it still makes its real mark in live sound because it does what other mics can't."
In addition to PL80 vocal mics, Peel uses EV N/D468s mics on drums, RE200 condensers on cymbals, and the N/D868 on kick drum.
"The band loves the mics, too," says Peel. "They're holding up on the road, they sound great, and our lead singer can hear his in-ears really well - that's another thing about the PL80 - people can actually hear their vocal mic and it doesn't sound distorted in your ear."
(Jim Evans)
