Our banjo player uses a small mic attached with tape or tacky stuff placed inside the sock he places behind the drum attached to a preamp. The sock keeps the twanging down. The sock is also always in his banjo. In all performing situations he also uses a Shure microphone for the main sound and the small mic in the banjo he clicks on for leads. this set up has worked well in our five pice string band. Using just one or the other doesn't give him enough sound for his leads. Kristi