LOS ANGELES – For a two-month international summer tour, Dweezil Zappa used a full line of AKG professional microphones, as did his father, the late Frank Zappa, an AKG endorser.
AKG presented Dweezil and his front of house engineer with eight AKG D 40 Dynamic Instrument Microphones, two C 451 Bs, five C 518 M clip-on percussion mics, four C 214s, four C 414 condensers, two C 4000 Bs, two C 519 ML miniature condensers and nine D5 and D7 dynamic handheld mics.
"Mechanically, the AKG's are absolutely, phenomenally brilliant," said Glynn Wood, FOH engineer for Dweezil. "They are really rugged and I've not had one break or fall off, even on the tom toms. The sonic and mechanical quality presented in AKG mics exceeded our expectations and are truly excellent."
After a start in Mexico City, Dweezil's tour traveled across the U.S. on the West and East Coasts, over to Europe through the U.K., Italy, France, Amsterdam, through Tel Aviv, Israel and ended at Tokyo, Japan's Fuji Rock Festival.
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Photo Credit: Glynn Wood
