Best possible overheads for drums

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In Tune Audio said:
BB does not use a strat. I read an article on this recently, Gibson designs a new custom Lucille ever 3 or 4 years for him. Exactly to his specs.

Wouldn't that be nice, but play 300 and some odd sold out shows a year, and you get that sort of respect
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This is true. He puts on a great show as well. I saw him a few weeks ago and he was awsome!
 
I saw him in Aug of 2003. He's starting to look old, but he still does put on a great show. I saw him at an outdoor ampitheatre, it was awesome. He handed off the first few solos to the other guitar players, which was a little upseting, but he made up for it later.
 
patlang12 said:
Clapton used a les paul for a while too. :)
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No kidding! Hasn't anyone ever heard Clapton with Blues Breakers???? That's what I'm talking about here, folks.
 
Clapton used a 335 for the Cream "Woman Tone"...a LesPaul with the blues breakers and finally, Blackie and Brownie for everything up until Fender built him the Ultimate Eric Clapton sound Strat.

Nice list Dan....My favorite of those I've used on that list(about a third) is a pair of U87 purple badge..
 
overheads for drums

best possible overheads for drums is a 50 ton truck
 
I've heard good drum overheads done with different mics. Some of my fave drum overhead sounds come from brighter mics (even though I'm not generally a fan of most bright mics). The vintage AKG C12 suggestion above gives you a legendary bright mic sound. Even "name" engineers tell stories about this as it's a sound encountered very rarely as few people on the planet would dare put a pair of vintage C12s due to the cost and possible hazard issues. But, apparently someone does as the legend of vintage C12s as overheads keeps living on. I got no idea what a vintage pair of C12s goes for these days.

Another mic with a complex high end is the Blue Dragonfly. I know of a certain engineer who says the Dragonfly is wonderful on overheads. The official street price is $800 or so per mic but if you have a good relationship with your gear pusher then you could probably get them for a little bit lower.
 
The Shure KSM 32s are my favorite mic at any price point and I work in lots of studios where price point is no object.
 
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