Ev 676

[Al Sim]

Anyone have any experience with an Electro-Voice 676? I was given one by a relative who bought it in the early 60's. It has a damaged cord and I'm wondering if it's worth fixing. Would it be any good for recording an acoustic guitar that has a big bass sound?

 

[mixsit]

Is that that crome cast iron mic with the rib up the top?
Seems like that was listed in Recording mag a long time ago as one of the author's favorite specialty mics for upright bass. (I could be way, way off here.)

 

[Al Sim]

That sounds like it. Too bad I'm not recording upright bass.

 

[Ape32]

I rewired a friend's EV 664 to 3-pin from 4 pin. He likes it as part of a to mic bass drum techniqe - he uses it as the "inside the drum" as opposed to "beater side" mic. That mic has a good low end response but seems to lack a bit in the highs.

Caveat - the 676 could be different. Fix it and see!

 

[philboyd studge]

I've still got a 664, two others drifted away somewhere. It's got a weird 4 pin connector that allows you swich from low to high impedance. Either way it sounds awful.

Hmmm, maybe if I ripped it's guts out and put in the stuff from an old EV BK-1 I might have something. They do look cool.