How much did you pay for your EV 635a?

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Post by ubertar » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:31 am

allbaldo wrote:I paid $10 for mine, but it looks like it used to belong to GG Allin.
So long as it doesn't smell like it...

Mine ended up free... got it in a group of ev mics, 635s, RE10s and 11s for real cheap, sold all but the 635, one RE10 and one RE11, still for cheap, but for enough more that it paid for those three. All were/are in great condition.

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Post by FNM » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:47 am

Damn, I paid like $80 for mine. It was new though, and black, which I like. I was sick of loosing ebay bids for beat up old ones. Plus, I heard the black ones sound better....I kid.

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Post by doyoucompute » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:51 am

The average price of an EV 635A purchased by people in this thread is 40.45.

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Post by inverseroom » Fri Jul 20, 2007 7:57 am

So you do compute!

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Post by doyoucompute » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:24 am

inverseroom wrote:So you do compute!
Haha, but I don't compute well enough to pass college algebra (I'm 23 and have had it 3 times) :cry:

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Post by ubertar » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:39 am

doyoucompute wrote:
inverseroom wrote:So you do compute!
Haha, but I don't compute well enough to pass college algebra (I'm 23 and have had it 3 times) :cry:
So you've had it once for every 7.666666666666666666666666666666 years of your life.

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Post by cleantone » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:22 am

I just won a bid on my first for $52 shipped. It is from the 60's and I want to be able to start giving an answer when bands ask me what vintage mics I have. I also just won a bid for a Unidyne III 545SD two days ago. I would have preferred $30 but what are you gonna do?

edit: and it came in the mail today!

Is there anyway to track down the year of production?

mine is #7827 I guess.

NICE! Mine came with the origional warranty card, registration card, spec sheet, some clip with string on it, and of course the box and Hubbell phone connector as pictured. Awesome.

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Post by germaniac » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:12 am

Got mine for $25 at a flea market. Serial #8436, Buchanan, Michigan. Building a birdhouse with it at the moment. . . .

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Post by cleantone » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:16 am

I already own a hammer and it didn't cost $25 either. I think I'll be passing audio signal through my microphone. Post the birdhouse picture when your done though. Sounds like fun. :wink:

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Post by FNM » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:40 am

cleantone wrote:I just won a bid on my first for $52 shipped. It is from the 60's and I want to be able to start giving an answer when bands ask me what vintage mics I have. I also just won a bid for a Unidyne III 545SD two days ago. I would have preferred $30 but what are you gonna do?

edit: and it came in the mail today!

Is there anyway to track down the year of production?

mine is #7827 I guess.

NICE! Mine came with the origional warranty card, registration card, spec sheet, some clip with string on it, and of course the box and Hubbell phone connector as pictured. Awesome.

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You son of a bitch, I just missed bidding on that since I was at work around the time it ended. That one seemed pretty nice.

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Post by A-Barr » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:59 am

tsk tsk, letting work stop you from ebaying?

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Post by germaniac » Fri Jul 20, 2007 12:19 pm

cleantone wrote:I already own a hammer and it didn't cost $25 either. I think I'll be passing audio signal through my microphone. Post the birdhouse picture when your done though. Sounds like fun. :wink:
On my budget, it was either the hammer or the mic. The thinking was, can't pass audio through a hammer (usually), so I went for the the more versatile option. How about after I finish the birdhouse, I'll post recordings of the birds? :D

Seriously though, I like my 635a. It's nice for clean electric guitar, also loud lead vox. Also hanging pictures.

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Post by ashcat_lt » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:03 pm

apparently, i was wrong. Asked armond, and here's transcript of the following conversation.

Ash Blackwater says:
the elecro-voice 635a microphone i've got in my pile
armond@cafebeat.org says:
biloxi, 1975
armond@cafebeat.org says:
?
armond@cafebeat.org says:
i was ev dealer when you were born
Ash Blackwater says:
there's a thread on tapeop.com asking how much you paid for your 635, i replied that some band had left it at the Workshop, cause i'd never seen it before everything moved to NO
armond@cafebeat.org says:
i'm pretty sure that it's the one i used on bourbon street at the abasinthe house in 75 to 77
armond@cafebeat.org says:
it prolly has mac rebbenacks spit in it
armond@cafebeat.org says:
and many others
armond@cafebeat.org says:
ed volker of the radiators sat in too
armond@cafebeat.org says:
and so many others
armond@cafebeat.org says:
that mic was a real tramp
Ash Blackwater says:
how much did you pay?
armond@cafebeat.org says:
i was a dealer
armond@cafebeat.org says:
so, i got everything at 75% below retail
armond@cafebeat.org says:
prolly less than 30
armond@cafebeat.org says:
1974 dollars

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Post by Judas Jetski » Sat Jul 21, 2007 6:31 pm

How much did I pay for my pair of 635a's?

Nothin'.

I got some generous friends. :D
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Post by johnny7 » Sat Jul 21, 2007 7:21 pm

I stole mine from the AV room in highschool.
But I didn't think it was worth anything...

I suppose i should take it back...

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