I used a pair of these I hhave for toms a bunch back in the day when I originally started to hate the 421 on toms. They are pretty cool mics. The grill is awesome (as stated above) as well. They can take a stick hit better than a 57 for sure...rhythm ranch wrote:Only better.covert wrote:Nice on snare too. Anywhere a 57 works, these seem to work.
I believe the "C" model comes with a Tuchel (or maybe DIN) connector, but it's the same body/capsule:
They are pretty great for bottom snare as well, but can get "clacky" in that position...
I have never been into them for guitars at all. They seem to be too weird to sit right. Drums like them though. I have two still, and they go for stupid cheap these days.
The EV RE-11 is another mic like this. You can find them for really cheap and they are pretty awesome for certain things. I used mine as a front kick mic for years, and even for a weird honkin room mic in odd places, like under the floor tom, or next to the kick as a shell mic, or behind the piano (for drums) or whatever. Kind of a funky dynamic that sounds the same (weird) no matter where you put it in the room. Pretty cool. Sounds cool for "vintage" vocals as well.