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Seeking your advice on Micing a mandolin (live)

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Hi, this question is for a live performance. I play a mandolin and am interested in a high end mountable condensor such as a DPA 4099. Planning to use a wireless body pack, which I'd plug into a stage mixer. Here's my question - I'd like a foot switch to attenuate the signal depending when I'm not taking a lead. I guess I can buy stuff and patch it together, is that what I should do?

Recording live bands with horns

Last night I went to see a band that had a horn player. I quickly realized that if I were gonna record a band like that, shouldn't I get some sort of "clip on " mic. For doing horns, live.
Doesn't Sennheiser make a clip on? Or is the Audio-Technica pro 35ax the way to go? Or which other mic would be good for doing horns and such?