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3 Days Drunk
Some of you gents might dig this...
Started with the NADY RSM-4
Removed the Inner screens and re-tensioned the ribbon... sounded like this with my fat fingers, 12 String, and the Mic about 10" from the 12 fret, angled toward the Neck/Body Joint:
Next I dug around and found out about Transformer swaps.
Refusing to pay as much for the replacement transformer as I paid for the Microphone new, I discovered the RMX1 Ribbon Microphone Transformer from Edcor... Priced right at $25 + $5 Shipping to my door UPS Ground
http://edcorusa.com/products/transformers/rmx/rmx1.html
Since I have a soldering iron and very few Morals...
Remove all the screws from the body and baskets to gain entry to the guts...
Remove the ribbon motor from the basket (Watch those magnets and your screw driver or bye-bye Ribbon), and unsolder the old transformer leads...
install new transformer leads through the neck and solder onto the ribbon motor (Red is Common, Blue is Input), Then re-install the ribbon motor into the Basket for its safety and your sanity:
Next, remove the old transformer from the XLR connector and install the RMX1 leads to the XLR jack... don't forget to run the wires through the mic body BEFORE soldering...
Black Wire - Pin 1
Yellow Wire - Pin 3
Green Wire - Pin 2
Next, reassemble the body with all the screws and try out your modded Ribbon mic!
My mic now sounds like this with the same setup...
My fat fingers, 12 String, and the Mic about 10" from the 12 fret, angled toward the Neck/Body Joint:
Comments welcome
Started with the NADY RSM-4
Removed the Inner screens and re-tensioned the ribbon... sounded like this with my fat fingers, 12 String, and the Mic about 10" from the 12 fret, angled toward the Neck/Body Joint:
Next I dug around and found out about Transformer swaps.
Refusing to pay as much for the replacement transformer as I paid for the Microphone new, I discovered the RMX1 Ribbon Microphone Transformer from Edcor... Priced right at $25 + $5 Shipping to my door UPS Ground
http://edcorusa.com/products/transformers/rmx/rmx1.html
Since I have a soldering iron and very few Morals...
Remove all the screws from the body and baskets to gain entry to the guts...
Remove the ribbon motor from the basket (Watch those magnets and your screw driver or bye-bye Ribbon), and unsolder the old transformer leads...
install new transformer leads through the neck and solder onto the ribbon motor (Red is Common, Blue is Input), Then re-install the ribbon motor into the Basket for its safety and your sanity:
Next, remove the old transformer from the XLR connector and install the RMX1 leads to the XLR jack... don't forget to run the wires through the mic body BEFORE soldering...
Black Wire - Pin 1
Yellow Wire - Pin 3
Green Wire - Pin 2
Next, reassemble the body with all the screws and try out your modded Ribbon mic!
My mic now sounds like this with the same setup...
My fat fingers, 12 String, and the Mic about 10" from the 12 fret, angled toward the Neck/Body Joint:
Comments welcome