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 vocal Mic.
The SM58 WAS the go-to mic they had been around for about 7 years and were gaining the reputation as THE Standard in reliability, stories like
sing through it OR pound a loose Stage nail with it. This day the sales person brought back a BRAND NEW Microphone that was turning heads.
It was from Electro Voice, long known for quality equipment. The PL-76 Electric Condenser One sound check sold me on it! as a matter of fact that same mic is STILL in my Microphone locker. The problem was the PX21 battery which were only a couple bucks when the mic was new, but now hard to find and EXPENSIVE usually by mail order at about $14.00 counting shipping, and dont forget and leave the mic on when you are packing up cause it would be dead next week.
This caused the old 76 to be tossed aside, and sold for a little bit of nothing. One day last week I saw it and remembered all the years it had made me money, I also remembered a NEW Lithium ION rechargable battery made for the new rage of Tactical Flashlights the 14500. I bought 2 of them @ $1.89 each and a charger for 3 bucks! The battery looks just like a regular AA BAttery and best of all is 3.7 Volt, only slightly less than the
4.5 PX21. So those old Pre Phantom Mics can work again, EV eventually made the PL77 and PL78's that work on Phantom, plus now a guy on eBay sells Phantom battery eliminators for the 76 for $20 Bucks... These old EV-s sound great! Breathy highs and solid deep lows and can be used for guitar Cabs to toms.
Other Mics that are starting to be re-born er' found again are EV RE series microphones. The sturdy old work hounds the RE-11 which I wanted for my guitar cab and bought it for $29.00 about 12 years ago because I remembered how well they worked on well, just about everything!
While we are at it lets not forget one of my favorite Vocal Microphones of all time the Austrian made Dynamic AKG D 330 BT. These were pricey when new but have a unique 2 switch 9 position switch, this gives the ability to roll off Highs, lows add Mid punch etc. They sound about the same as the Shure SM58 Beta, which are darn good mics.
One of the nice things about this microphone is you can Taylor between Male and Female voices with a click. The BEST for this mic is to
flip the High cut all the way off AND the Bass Rolloff either in the mid or off position for SMOKERS with than Husky sound with the wispy high tones added this mike makes them sound great..
I am sure many of you have found lost favorites of your own and here is the place to talk about them
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 vocal Mic.
The SM58 WAS the go-to mic they had been around for about 7 years and were gaining the reputation as THE Standard in reliability, stories like
sing through it OR pound a loose Stage nail with it. This day the sales person brought back a BRAND NEW Microphone that was turning heads.
It was from Electro Voice, long known for quality equipment. The PL-76 Electric Condenser One sound check sold me on it! as a matter of fact that same mic is STILL in my Microphone locker. The problem was the PX21 battery which were only a couple bucks when the mic was new, but now hard to find and EXPENSIVE usually by mail order at about $14.00 counting shipping, and dont forget and leave the mic on when you are packing up cause it would be dead next week.
This caused the old 76 to be tossed aside, and sold for a little bit of nothing. One day last week I saw it and remembered all the years it had made me money, I also remembered a NEW Lithium ION rechargable battery made for the new rage of Tactical Flashlights the 14500. I bought 2 of them @ $1.89 each and a charger for 3 bucks! The battery looks just like a regular AA BAttery and best of all is 3.7 Volt, only slightly less than the
4.5 PX21. So those old Pre Phantom Mics can work again, EV eventually made the PL77 and PL78's that work on Phantom, plus now a guy on eBay sells Phantom battery eliminators for the 76 for $20 Bucks... These old EV-s sound great! Breathy highs and solid deep lows and can be used for guitar Cabs to toms.
Other Mics that are starting to be re-born er' found again are EV RE series microphones. The sturdy old work hounds the RE-11 which I wanted for my guitar cab and bought it for $29.00 about 12 years ago because I remembered how well they worked on well, just about everything!
While we are at it lets not forget one of my favorite Vocal Microphones of all time the Austrian made Dynamic AKG D 330 BT. These were pricey when new but have a unique 2 switch 9 position switch, this gives the ability to roll off Highs, lows add Mid punch etc. They sound about the same as the Shure SM58 Beta, which are darn good mics.
One of the nice things about this microphone is you can Taylor between Male and Female voices with a click. The BEST for this mic is to
flip the High cut all the way off AND the Bass Rolloff either in the mid or off position for SMOKERS with than Husky sound with the wispy high tones added this mike makes them sound great..
I am sure many of you have found lost favorites of your own and here is the place to talk about them