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Scott Tansley
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Ok, I know this is going to sound stupid,........but....
I have this old 57 sure. I say old. And I know you might say, old 57?, what the?, well I've got this old 57 thats at least 25 years old. Has the words "SOUND LEVEL" engraved at the base. In the 70's and early 80's there was a PA hire company here in Sydney called Sound Level. Must have started life there. I got it from an old (and current) buddy from a band I was in from 79 to 86. John Jurkovich. He's a bit of a Guitar legend (and not in wanky terms) around Sydney. Still. But back to the mic. Its different from modern day 57's. All I can say is its got more tapered fins on the plastic shroud than the new ones do. And it has an extra (unused) taped hole below the usual screw hole for the cable conector pin locator. And has a shallower groove where the chassis screws together. And the sound is a slightly brighter midrange, that I don't get out of my other new 57's. If you ever find an old 57 that fits this description please tell me. Because It sounds great on snares as well. It would sound stupin of me to say its a vintage 57, but it probly is? Freakn weird hu.
So has anyone got one of these. If so have you found the same audible differences. It even records a more detailed wavform, for what thats worth. Or maybe its the age thats done it. But its clearly diferent in apearance.
I have this old 57 sure. I say old. And I know you might say, old 57?, what the?, well I've got this old 57 thats at least 25 years old. Has the words "SOUND LEVEL" engraved at the base. In the 70's and early 80's there was a PA hire company here in Sydney called Sound Level. Must have started life there. I got it from an old (and current) buddy from a band I was in from 79 to 86. John Jurkovich. He's a bit of a Guitar legend (and not in wanky terms) around Sydney. Still. But back to the mic. Its different from modern day 57's. All I can say is its got more tapered fins on the plastic shroud than the new ones do. And it has an extra (unused) taped hole below the usual screw hole for the cable conector pin locator. And has a shallower groove where the chassis screws together. And the sound is a slightly brighter midrange, that I don't get out of my other new 57's. If you ever find an old 57 that fits this description please tell me. Because It sounds great on snares as well. It would sound stupin of me to say its a vintage 57, but it probly is? Freakn weird hu.
So has anyone got one of these. If so have you found the same audible differences. It even records a more detailed wavform, for what thats worth. Or maybe its the age thats done it. But its clearly diferent in apearance.
