Hi Al and Happy New Year!

If you're working solo it's not that bad working without fold back.

What about an AER acoustic amp fed with your mic and instrument (Variax?) then DIed into a power amp//mixer/powered speakers?

Or (what I fancy) - Bose Personalized Amplification System. (that reminds me must buy a lottery ticket!)

Have used in-ear monitors with Ceilidh/Rock bands with success.

Might send for a couple of these and give them a try on mic stands.

like said above, I don't like speakers behind mikes - you never know when they're going to feed back - and mikes that are too narrow in pick-up pattern can cause even more problems unless you stay very still.

good luck -


PB