Congratulations to your bandmate. I bought two of these beauties from a guy on Ebay who had several for sale. I paid $135 each for them, which is more than I ought to have. Since then, I've seen an RE15 and 16 used at Sam Ash for $150 each...and the mics looked like they had been fished from a gator's belly.A bandmate was just given a pristine EV RE-15