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I also wanted to let the folks out there that love the Sonic properties of the PL76 for crisp highs & smooth mids, plus proximity effect and workability of a Shure Sm58 or 58 Bets on the low end and that beautiful boost in lows an SM58 give when you go from a couple inches to right on and...

Just don't forget to flip the switch off during breaks and at the end of the session, or night. If you don't you'll have a dead battery the next time you use it!

Hi Dave! My Girlfriend and soon to be Wife is from Rugby UK.. The factory Electro-Voice PL76-A Is NOT phantom powered unless someone re-wired it sometime in the past. That mic was AA battery powered when it was originally sold. 47 years of using them will prove me correct. Cheers..

I bought my first PL-76 Condenser Mic when I was 18 yrs old. I was a year into my first band. I had been using our Bass players extra Shure SM-58 for vocals. He suddenly got a burr up and quit the band leaving us without a bass player, and Me without a Microphone. We solved both problems when...

Yeah, hi Dave I have seen that out there, The Pl77B Pl78 were Phantom powered as well as having a bass roll off switch to make them more appealing to female singers and give that Sennheizer sound. This was just a cheap way of keeping these old mikes original and offering an option to those who...

I have always had a soft spot for those old EV PL 76, A/B 77 and PL78 microphones but the 4.5 volt batteries are hard to find, or IF found are OLLLD stock. I have found a Lithium Ion Rechargeable battery that are about 1200ma. They are slightly lower power at 3.7 volt but still make the mike...

Perhaps this has been asked before but have you tried a different tape?, or different Microphone? What Mic are you using? Are you recording line in from a guitar or other instrument? If using a Mic is it Dynamic or a Condenser? if it is Condenser do you have the phantom power switch on, or have...

Music is often tied to memories. When comparing things it is nearly impossible to beat a memory and how you felt about something. The mind places layers of fondness over memories over the years. Have you ever heard something like a song, or a particular stereo played after not hearing it for...

Throw away your tape gear and just use a good Stereo VCR lol

Are you experienced at recording? When you recorded did the levels show the proper levels? On playback did you try just the recorder or did you try it on another machine?. Also the question has to be asked, are you sure it worked before you Degaussed the heads? If someone else has a new machine...

I like Vinyl partly because many of my favorites are out of print. Even some Elvis stuff, Try finding the out of print "Fool" album from 1973.. Elvis demanded it deleted because it wasn't named and people were referring the album by on single from it the song Fool. Some of the Movie soundtracks...

Hi JP thanks for the question as to cleaning, Yes that was the first thing I did. I also de-Magnitized the head. I am a child of the 60's, I grew up and still own, AND USE a number of Reel to Reel Machines. That is the first thing I did. It is funny My 30 yr old Son made fun of my Akai on my...

That sounds like a superb troubleshooting step. I guess if I can't track it down I am not going to even think about trying to sell it. Even tho you can record on the track I would probably refrain from using it for anything other than a Mix Down track, and that is after I'd try it on another...

Hi I have a very clean and seldom used 488 MKii, it has always been in its box or if out, had the factory fitted Plastic dust cover over it. My issue is, I can record on all 8 tracks (haven't messed with the 9-12) every track records fine and I can bump single or multiple tracks. I can also...

Anybody else have this mic? If you noticed it when you got it why didn't you send it back? Or was it a used purchase? If it was used we probably know why it was sold.

I also found an old Sennheiser made in Austria 518 It is a great sounding mic! Best of all it is BRAND NEW looking, probably the best Snare mic I have ever heard! a snare actually sounds like a Snare. On Vocals it sounds a lot like my Senn 431! It is very clean with no Proximity effect. It would...

It depends when you want to place them in slots, The 565 sonically is a little closer at 50-15k the 588 is 80-13k so in a way we are both correct..I am glad a few people are reading my post tho. The old mics are about the only ones you can trust to be real and not counterfeit I bought a beta...

I certainly agree with the Shure 545's They have a unique flavor on Vocals (just not the newer Mexican made) I find they give the vocal sizzle of the SM58 with a cleaner top. I like the sound better than SM 57's. Shure 54 mics from the 80's are a hidden gem on Snares and Toms with the Bass Roll...

:thumbs up:Many time Musicians find an old retired players equipment and there are things in there made long before they were born, Microphones are one of those things. For example back in the late 1970's when I was starting out I went into a Music Store with intentions of buying a Shure SM58...