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Richard Monroe
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Well, I don't want to say I made a "killing", so I'll say it was a "maiming". I was in Orlando, Florida last week, and me and my wife were cruising pawn shops and flea markets. We stopped at a Valupawn, as usual, looking for the kind of hit you only read about. Actually, my wife noticed it first. In the case, a B.L.U.E.bird, in the box, with the pop filter, no scratches or dings, with the original inspection sheet, June of 1998. This means it was probably bought, not one of the original promotion mics. They wanted $199.99 for it. My wife is familiar with B.L.U.E, as I own a Kiwi and a Baby Bottle. She says, "Is that anything you need?" Is sex anything you need? Ok, so gear lust sets in, and I produce my spurious justifications. She says, " alright, if they'll give it to you for $150.00, you can buy it." Damned if they didn't do it! My wife said later, the only reason she said that is that she thought they wouldn't do it.
They were real good about it too. They gave me a mic cable and some cans, and I found a PA head with phantom power and a headphone jack, and it was live, no crackles, no weird noises, so it was a done deal. My first impressions- It's a pretty flat, swiss-army sort of mic that will be good for a lot of things where my best mic for the job is already being used. It should be good on clean vocals and acoustic instruments. I'm thinking it will be good on lady vocalists where the C414 or the Kiwi is a little bright, and Oktava MK319 is a little dark. I've got enough mics so that it only represents a different color on the palette, but it seems to be a very useful color- flat white.
Well I made the argument to my wife that I could probably sell it for $151.00 tomorrow if it doesn't work out, but I'm thinking it's a keeper. I'd be interested in the impressions of anybody on the board who has used it- what do y'all think it's good for, and- at current street prices, did I do *great*, or just *OK*? I know I didn't get screwed. Thanks in advance for anybody's input.-Richie
They were real good about it too. They gave me a mic cable and some cans, and I found a PA head with phantom power and a headphone jack, and it was live, no crackles, no weird noises, so it was a done deal. My first impressions- It's a pretty flat, swiss-army sort of mic that will be good for a lot of things where my best mic for the job is already being used. It should be good on clean vocals and acoustic instruments. I'm thinking it will be good on lady vocalists where the C414 or the Kiwi is a little bright, and Oktava MK319 is a little dark. I've got enough mics so that it only represents a different color on the palette, but it seems to be a very useful color- flat white.
Well I made the argument to my wife that I could probably sell it for $151.00 tomorrow if it doesn't work out, but I'm thinking it's a keeper. I'd be interested in the impressions of anybody on the board who has used it- what do y'all think it's good for, and- at current street prices, did I do *great*, or just *OK*? I know I didn't get screwed. Thanks in advance for anybody's input.-Richie
