An awesome estate find - finally, an RCA ribbon of my own!

[Goldenvoice388]

Now the question is, should I simply ship it off to be re-tensioned, and prettied up?
Or re-cable it, and run with it?

Pretty little deco 77b1 (I'm assuming it's a "1" - how would I tell?)


Oh, and look - some other vintage goodies tagged along

 

[JDMiller1988]

Very cool, I picked up a EV ribbon mic from the 30s the same way, the RCA looks pretty sweet though. What kind of units are in the back there?
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[Goldenvoice388]

Center in back: Ampex 601, and to the right, matching 620 amp.
Left side is a Magnecorder set...
The 601 can be a very sweet pre, from what I've read.
Not so sure about the Magnecord - one article did claim gain in the neighborhood of 115dB possible though.

And the 77 - plugged her in, and "works", but very noisy. I then took the lower cup off, and found the ground wire to have come loose.
It also has several different choices for ohms in output - not sure what to do with that either...

 

[moresound]

Very nice find!

Funny how the head basket is in perfect condition while the bottom of the microphone is all scratched up and such.