A microphone assembly for a musical instrument. The microphone assembly includes a microphone housing having a longitudinal axis, a microphone capsule arranged at a first end of the microphone housing, and a baffle statically mounted to the first end of the microphone housing, such that the microphone capsule is arranged in the baffle. The baffle, when statically arranged in proximity to a dynamically moveable surface of the musical instrument, is operable to create a high sound pressure zone between a surface of the baffle and the dynamically moveable surface of the musical instrument. A diaphragm of the microphone capsule is approximately co-planar with at least a portion of the surface of the baffle surrounding the microphone capsule.