A friend of my brother's got this mic from his dad's reel-to-reel and was thinking of selling it on eBay until my brother mentioned that I like microphones. It's an Ampex 1101. Its connector is a 1/4". Of course, knowing that it originally accompanied a consumer reel is enough to assume it is probably just generic lo-fi crap. But I figured I might ask around here to see if it would be worth me buying. I'd like to try it out on a trial basis, but unfortunately I can't (the guy wants to sell it soon).
Looks cool too. It's short, and has this sort of weird bent shape in it. Here is the only photo of one I could find online (it's the short one on the very left):
He doesn't even know how much it's worth, if anything. If I offered him $5, would that be unfair? I did get to test it, and it works.
Some weird old Ampex mic from a tape machine...
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Re: Some weird old Ampex mic from a tape machine...
I watch those old consumer r2r mics all the time, I'd say $5-$10 is fair and a lot less hassle for him shipping and all that bs
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Re: Some weird old Ampex mic from a tape machine...
i have an Ampex 501 stereo dynamic mic...it's lo-fi, and plastic...i bought it from someone here on tapeop for $25. it has a stereo quarter inch, which i connect to a y-cable. i dig it though and consider the money well spent.
i recorded a lead guitar track and mixed it with a 414 room mic and was very pleased on that occasion. i'm going to try it as a drum overhead next. i wouldn't feel bad offering $5-10 for the 1101...
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i recorded a lead guitar track and mixed it with a 414 room mic and was very pleased on that occasion. i'm going to try it as a drum overhead next. i wouldn't feel bad offering $5-10 for the 1101...
-r.
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