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What is the RECORDERMAN method? I'm kinda curious...

This is just a stab, but it sounds like the heater supply to the tube is intermittant. I would investigate the cable for intermittant breaks, the solder joints on the tube socket, and possibly the internals to the power supply. Sounds like something is loose and when you bend the...

I just got my two Apex 205's in, and immediately proceeded to remove the inner wind guards. In doing this, I found one of the mics to have a severely loose ribbon. The other looked very good. I tensioned the ribbon, but due to it's extreme looseness, it had developed some distortions in it's...

How many guitars do I own? Like most players, about 1 too few seems to be my average. :)

If you're disposing of them, I could probably go ahead and get that junk off your hands... :D

transformer options In looking around for transformers, I found a few options with varying prices. Anybody got any opinions on this? The Cinemag CM-9888 would be a good tranny I'm sure, it sells for about $47 per. There is the EDCOR RMX1 available for about $22 per. Would I notice much...

Well, bit the bullet and ordered a pair of Apex 205's. Found an Ebay listing and offered $85 per mic with free shipping. The seller took it, so I got two. There were a few mor available, btw... So I'm going to mod both of these. I've read about removing the internal windscreens, and...

http://www.tubedepot.com/nos-12at7-mullard.html This store has always been good to me, and the price for a NOS Mullard is great. I'm using a NOS 12AT7 in my 960 right now, and the results are really quite good! A true 12AY7 would be better, but they are pricier tubes and the 12AT7 will work...

For a budget way to get the P-90 tone: Gibson released a Melody Maker "reissue" (quote marks " " because it had little in common with the original Melody Maker besides being really cheap) from about 2001-2006. It was pretty dorky looking; matte finish, straight sided narrow headstock, single...

As with any solid top guitar they are way sensitive to humidity, even more so for the first few years. So the brand new guitar at a store is the most vulnerable. Especially after being shipped in a cold UPS truck in bone-dry winter climates, then recieved into a nice toasty warm (and probably...

Excellent! :) And thanks for the answers to my many questions. I have a few decent GE 12AY7's as luck would have it. I can see why they might work better, too. Generally a sweeter sound than the 12AT7. Is there a saturation possibility in the transformer that we should be mindful of, thus...

By the way, love the Ghostbusters II quote for your location. :)

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to steal very well deserved thunder or suggest the idea is original to me. :o Certainly not. I worded my original post very poorly. My apologies. :( (Insert groveling here.) I'm new to tube mics, and come humbly seeking knowledge and guidance from the wiser...

Hello all, I just got my MXL 960, swapped in a Telefunken 12AT7, and am really impressed with the results. My only comparison condensor mic is an MXL 992 using a Digi 002, and this tube upgraded 960 is a good bit better with much less high end garbage and better image presentation. Very cool...

Plans? New member here, really glad to have found this forum and this thread! I'm really wanting to mod a 960, any plans to release a schemo/parts list? Seems like the Peluso capsule would do the trick for those of us that can't get the 'PhilGood special' M7 capsule, most of the other parts...