Rick Davis
1835 posts
May 21, 2013
9:19 AM
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HawkeyeKane
1694 posts
May 21, 2013
9:30 AM
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Nice! That Turner looks like the work of Mr. Microphone if my eyes serve me right.
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Rick Davis
1837 posts
May 21, 2013
10:52 AM
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Tim, what mic are you using now?
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HawkeyeKane
1695 posts
May 21, 2013
12:55 PM
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I alternate between a few different ones. Mainly....
Peavey H5-C
Rodded Astatic JT30RH with an MC-564-1 in it
And my modded Akai DM13, which is probably my most ballsy mic.
Getting ready to start on my own first mic with the W.E. telephone element I scored two weeks ago.
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rbeetsme
1231 posts
May 21, 2013
1:34 PM
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I have a half dozen of those Calrad NOS elements sitting on a shelf somewhere.
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Rick Davis
1840 posts
May 21, 2013
1:44 PM
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tim, cool.
rbeets, what are the Calrad elements? Crystal?
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rainman
86 posts
May 21, 2013
2:16 PM
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What type of volume control is that on the Akai? I would like to ad one to mine.
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HawkeyeKane
1696 posts
May 21, 2013
2:25 PM
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Pretty positive it's one of these...
http://www.harpmicshop.com/servlet/Detail?no=140
Not for sure though. You'd have to ask Technobird. He's the one who did the mods for me.
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Rick Davis
1841 posts
May 21, 2013
2:35 PM
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Greg Heumann makes the cool volume control specific for harp mics, used by legions of ace players. A bargain at $64.95.
Shown here with my 1959 Shure 440SL Silver Bullet
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Rick Davis
1842 posts
May 21, 2013
2:43 PM
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The Calrad mic belongs to a woman named Ginny. I tried it at the jam... It sounded good. The only mic I had to compare it to was the 440SL. The Calrad mic is a little less hot and a little less grind. It has a nice low end, is not peaky. I liked the tone. The small size would be an issue over the long run for me: Kind of uncomfortable to grip... I have large mitts.
I didn't try Nic's Turner mic, but when he played it through my Bassman I thought it sounded a lot like the Shure.
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HawkeyeKane
1697 posts
May 21, 2013
2:52 PM
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@Rick
I agree, Greg's vc is supreme. But a DM13 would be an awkward mic to use one on. In it's stock form, a DM13 has a 6 foot 1/4" cable directly wired into the butt of the mic. I had Dave replace it with a 1/4" jack, which wouldn't work too well with Greg's inline. Really, the only connection that might work well on it would be a 5/8" screw on. But even then, that's gonna be a LONG mic to play harp on. That's why I opted for an integrated vc.
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