Maybe not the best kick drum mic, but pretty damn close. The mic is very good at rejecting unwanted sounds from off its axis and provides the high gain before feedback needed for live work. The 602 is also capable of enduring SPLs of more than 155dB, which should be plenty unless you’re recording jet engines up close. Sennheiser is, like Shure and AKG, known for making a durable and roadworthy product and backs the e602 II with a 10-year warranty. If you are about to set up your studio you would require a different range of microphones or for a home studio setup a condenser microphone is the best option. This makes the Sennheiser e602 II an easy-to-use, bare-knuckle bass microphone that sounds killer live or recorded. It delivers a consistent frequency response in any position. The selling point on this one is what Sennheiser terms Frequency Independent Directivity which is a fancy way of saying that the e602 II bass amp mic sounds good no matter which way you point it. This mic is great on just about everything, from guitar and bass cabs, to drums, to vocals, and while it may be on the expensive end of the dynamic microphone. Sennheiser is another of the can’t-miss microphone companies of the world and its products are found in professional situations everywhere.
