Identify these mics

[patrickcrisp]

Can anyone identify these mics? I'm especially interested in the skinny one on the Bud Shank sleeve.

 

[moresound]

I'm not seeing anything.

 

[moresound]

Attached Image fail.

 

[patrickcrisp]

Crap. I'll try again. Thanks.

 

[patrickcrisp]

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[patrickcrisp]

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Bud Shank 'New Groove'

 

[patrickcrisp]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zO5VOS4YB...I/s1600/Bud+Shank+-+New+Groove+%281961%29.jpg

 

[patrickcrisp]

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/c/cole_ike~~~_getaloado_101b.jpg

 

[moresound]

I'm gonna guess that it's the smallest microphone in the word about this big =------> .

 

[patrickcrisp]

Sorry for the messy post! I could only post links, not jpegs.

 

[moresound]

I see them now! the one with Cole looks to be a RCA and the one with Shank looks to be the coke bottle *Altec*




FYI-
The RCA is a ribbon and the Altec is a tube omni.

 

[patrickcrisp]

I see them now! the one with Cole looks to be a RCA and the one with Shank looks to be the coke bottle *Altec* FYI-The RCA is a ribbon and the Altec is a tube omni.

Cool! Thanks moresound

 

[patrickcrisp]

So that RCA is a 77? And why is the Altec shaped like that?

 

[John Willett]

Sorry for the messy post! I could only post links, not jpegs.

OK - here are the pictures:-

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The first one seems to be an old omni measurement mic. (DPA?) and the second one is an RCA 77DX.

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[moresound]

So that RCA is a 77? And why is the Altec shaped like that?

I m not sure why Altec went with that shape - Both DPA and Earthworks have similar body shapes.

The only reason I can think of for the body shape of the Altec is that the small omni capsule only needs a small frame to hold it in place and the body needs to be bigger to hold the electronics and the tube housing.
Just 50's deco art type stuff.

 

[MichiFHK]

That is probably the reason!