Greg Heumann
685 posts
Jul 26, 2010
3:20 PM
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From the shameless self promotion department..... (plus you guys said you liked mic porn...)
BlowsMeAway Productions welcomes Mickey Raphael as our latest endorser. Most of you know who he is, but in case you don't, Mickey has been Willie Nelson's harmonica player for 37 years! Additionally, he does studio work and has a CD out under his own name, and has worked with a who's who of artists including Elton John, U2, Motley Crue, Vince Gill, Emmy Lou Harris, The Mavericks, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Neil Young.
Mickey plays largely acoustically through a Beyer ribbon mic during his shows with Willie. However they do a few blues numbers and he wanted an appropriate tone, so he contacted me about building him a bullet mic. He wanted a very dark colored mic. I chose Gabon Ebony wood for his shell. He also wanted a low impedance setup so he could switch easily with his acoustic mic during his shows with Willie. Finally, he wanted the stealth volume control so he could easily match levels with the other mic.
BlowsMeAway Productions is all about working with the customer to deliver exactly what they need and want. Here's what Mickey has to say:
"This mic "blows me away". Willie turned to me and asked, "hey is Little Walter here?" Then he said "Wait, is Musselwhite here?" Our sound guys, who are never satisfied, said they really like this mic."
For more information and pictures of Mickey's new mic, please visit BlowsMeAway.com!
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/Greg
Last Edited by on Jul 26, 2010 4:34 PM
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Kingley
1342 posts
Jul 26, 2010
3:22 PM
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Congratulations on Mickeys endorsement Greg. That is a great looking mic!
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Paul "Kingley" Routledge
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Joe_L
491 posts
Jul 26, 2010
4:45 PM
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Beautiful mic and congrats!
BTW, the amp is great. I used it Saturday night. Thanks again.
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Helix
39 posts
Jul 26, 2010
5:22 PM
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Cool...I think Mickey Raphael definitely has the goods!
Anyone know the specifics of the ribbon stage mic he uses?
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walterharp
423 posts
Jul 27, 2010
1:22 PM
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geeze, is there any top level touring harp player that is not using one of yours? :-)
too bad it is such a small market!
congrats!
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Greg Heumann
686 posts
Jul 27, 2010
7:46 PM
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Thanks, guys!
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/Greg
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Ryan
324 posts
Jul 27, 2010
9:17 PM
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What type of element does it have? Is it a low impedance element, or is it high impedance with some sort of impedance transformer?
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Greg Heumann
687 posts
Jul 28, 2010
12:09 AM
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It has a rare vintage 99X86 low impedance element.
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/Greg
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