Orion61
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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 the the band leader handed me the old bass players guitar and told me I was the new Bass player. I found out the bass player owed him money, and the band leader was my Brother-in-law..
I still needed a mic and drove to our local music store.
I wanted another SM58 but the salesman asked me to mic-check the 58 and a new mic, the EV PL-76. The difference was amazing, like a plow horse and a Kentucky derby winner!
The PL-76 was crisp, smooth with great low end, and proximity effect control!
Fast forward from 1978 to today, I still have that PL-76 I tried every single 76 like the Pathetic 76-A to the PL77-B but the batteries were getting hard to find.
Everything changed when I bought a small flashlight from EbAy that came with batteries. They were the 14500 (same size and diameter as an AA battery!!
I tried it in the old PL-76 and there was my old friend sounding as well as it used to! Plus, all I had to do was recharge it. I carried a fully charged Spare with me.
Now I am 63 years old and still Rocking.... My last gig was 2 weeks ago.... NEVER let anyone tell you that you are too old to perform!
I've even been inducted into a couple states R&R Hall of Fames.....
Peace and Love to All
Orion 61
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 the the band leader handed me the old bass players guitar and told me I was the new Bass player. I found out the bass player owed him money, and the band leader was my Brother-in-law..
I still needed a mic and drove to our local music store.
I wanted another SM58 but the salesman asked me to mic-check the 58 and a new mic, the EV PL-76. The difference was amazing, like a plow horse and a Kentucky derby winner!
The PL-76 was crisp, smooth with great low end, and proximity effect control!
Fast forward from 1978 to today, I still have that PL-76 I tried every single 76 like the Pathetic 76-A to the PL77-B but the batteries were getting hard to find.
Everything changed when I bought a small flashlight from EbAy that came with batteries. They were the 14500 (same size and diameter as an AA battery!!
I tried it in the old PL-76 and there was my old friend sounding as well as it used to! Plus, all I had to do was recharge it. I carried a fully charged Spare with me.
Now I am 63 years old and still Rocking.... My last gig was 2 weeks ago.... NEVER let anyone tell you that you are too old to perform!
I've even been inducted into a couple states R&R Hall of Fames.....
Peace and Love to All
Orion 61
