mjbphotos
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Everything has a shelf life... why does everything start failing at once?
1) Shure SM58 - the 'workhorse' of live mics, had mine for 11 years, got free from someone here It's taken a few drops, but never hiccupped. Brought it to a backyard open mic, plug it in, no sound. Go to remove the cable, and the whole connector piece comes out - with one wire missing. Shoved it back in, but can't get it out now!
2) AKG Perception 220 mic - had this for 10 years. It has taken a couple of falls when the boom stand went over. The capsule piece that holds the diaphragm broke (ceramic!) I took it apart a couple of months ago, glued the broken part. The glue let go the other day. Will try epoxy next.
3) Mackie mixer - had this for 11 years, its my workhorse mixer for live use, running open mics and gigs, so lots of transporting, etc. At my open mic 2 weeks ago, 2nd-to-last performer, all of a sudden, loud distortion from one speaker. Tested everything at home, cables, mics, turns out its one of the (2) main outputs. I can daisy-chain from the other speaker, and in a pinch, if the good output goes bad, I can adapt from the monitor output.
4) No-name Chinese bluetooth page turner pedal I have for my tablet - every once in a while the 'page down' button wouldn't work, usually it would free up if I moved the page by fingertouch. Yesterday, that side of the pedal completely failed - luckily at home, not at a gig!
1) Shure SM58 - the 'workhorse' of live mics, had mine for 11 years, got free from someone here It's taken a few drops, but never hiccupped. Brought it to a backyard open mic, plug it in, no sound. Go to remove the cable, and the whole connector piece comes out - with one wire missing. Shoved it back in, but can't get it out now!
2) AKG Perception 220 mic - had this for 10 years. It has taken a couple of falls when the boom stand went over. The capsule piece that holds the diaphragm broke (ceramic!) I took it apart a couple of months ago, glued the broken part. The glue let go the other day. Will try epoxy next.
3) Mackie mixer - had this for 11 years, its my workhorse mixer for live use, running open mics and gigs, so lots of transporting, etc. At my open mic 2 weeks ago, 2nd-to-last performer, all of a sudden, loud distortion from one speaker. Tested everything at home, cables, mics, turns out its one of the (2) main outputs. I can daisy-chain from the other speaker, and in a pinch, if the good output goes bad, I can adapt from the monitor output.
4) No-name Chinese bluetooth page turner pedal I have for my tablet - every once in a while the 'page down' button wouldn't work, usually it would free up if I moved the page by fingertouch. Yesterday, that side of the pedal completely failed - luckily at home, not at a gig!