Marshall MXL-2001 mod

[j-boy]

Does anybody have a link or information regarding the modification to these mics that was popular a few years ago? I picked up a pair cheap at GC when the got discontinued last year and I'd like to turn them into something *happening*.

[PhilGood]

Are you referring to the Royer tube mod, or the Scott Dorsey solid state mod?

[Flatpicker]

...or the re-laminate the transformer and change the capacitors mod?

[j-boy]

Must be the solid state mod. I saw it once in an old copy of "Recording' magazine but now I can't seem to find it...

[Flatpicker]

That would be the "Dorsey" mod.

Here's a link to it.

[kidvybes]

Originally Posted by Flatpicker

That would be the "Dorsey" mod.

http://www.pfarrell.com/music/shanghaimic.html

(sorry Tim...your link wasn't yet loaded when I offered up the same link...)

[PhilGood]

You know, I've never tried the Dorsey mod. Tim, have you done it?

I don't know if I want to sit down and figure out the errata. Someone have the complete mod schematic without the errors? I've got a Nady I might try it on.

[kidvybes]

Originally Posted by PhilGood

You know, I've never tried the Dorsey mod. Tim, have you done it?

...Phil...I bought Tim's Cascade M20 on which he did a variation of the Dorsey mod...nice sounding mic...here's the article Tim wrote (reviewing the Oktava MK319) for Mojo Pie in which he refers to this particular microphone:
http://www.mojopie.com/mk319.html

[Flatpicker]

Originally Posted by kidvybes

http://www.pfarrell.com/music/shanghaimic.html

(sorry Tim...your link wasn't yet loaded when I offered up the same link...)

It’s perfectly alright. You were posting while I was editing it into mine. I started to edit mine back out, but I figured two links are better than one, haha.

[Flatpicker]

Originally Posted by PhilGood

You know, I've never tried the Dorsey mod. Tim, have you done it?

I was just going to say, and I sold it to kidvybes!

I liked it a lot. It basically opens up the sound, kind of like if you pulled some cotton out of your ears. It causes the circuit to become mostly transparent so that you are mainly just hearing the capsule. The results are very similar to the Oktava MC012 mod, if you’ve done that. The only reason I sold it was because I was (am) a little hard up for some spending money and already had another MXL with the same type circuit.

[kidvybes]

...I purchased Tim's 'Dorsey' modded M20 almost a year ago...it's a very "open", almost transparent sounding mic...works nice on both vocals and instrument miking...actually, I'm in the process of negotiating the deal on another modded tube mic, and the house rules* state "for every new mic that moves in, another mic must go"...so, here goes a goodie:
http://homerecording.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=184733

*house rules clearly state the "20-mics per 1-human" ratio MUST be maintained...so it's either sell a mic or get re-married...I love my mics, but not that much