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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by drumsound » Fri Oct 02, 2020 9:19 am

digitaldrummer wrote:
Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:11 am
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I got a soup can reveb mic (who'd a thunk it?) on Reverb. It showed up from England today.
https://reverb.com/item/35173983-the-sp ... instrument
Ha! it's Mr. Microphone in a can!

Looks fun!
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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by Burnt Ernie » Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:32 pm

Dang! Let us know!
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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by drumsound » Sat Oct 03, 2020 9:00 am

Burnt Ernie wrote:
Fri Oct 02, 2020 2:32 pm
Dang! Let us know!
Its pretty midrangy, but still fun. I need to try it on guitar. Its worth it for the fun factor

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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by vvv » Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:09 pm

I picture mic'ing a whole drum kit with them, except mebbe the kick, but that too.

And one for each tom, top and bottom snare ...

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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by digitaldrummer » Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:16 pm

vvv wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:09 pm
I picture mic'ing a whole drum kit with them
or maybe in combination with some of these... https://www.12gaugemicrophones.com/

:D
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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by kslight » Sat Oct 03, 2020 4:13 pm

Monoprice has a boundary microphone in their stable right now, was discounted down to $35 last week so I ordered 2 (not received yet).

Always wanted my own 421s and always need more at the studio so i ordered 2 (not received yet).

Been skeptical but finally pulled the trigger on a Gamechanger Audio (cringey name I know) Third Man Plasma Coil. I received this yesterday, it’s super cool, so far only tried on bass VI but damn there’s some riffs in this. I don’t really even like fuzzes but this does a lot more for me than other fuzzes, and is way more usable. Also looks cool and is physically heavy AF. Endless bottom too..

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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by Scodiddly » Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:17 pm

DIY Hamptone J-FET mic preamp.

As usual I'm cheating a little on the "acquired" part, since I built this out of parts on-hand. In fact, I bought all the parts back when the article was printed in 2004, and only now got around to putting it all together. Was sitting on about $200 worth of transformers for the better part of two decades! Other parts came from deep in my junk box - can anybody identify the switches? :?:
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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by drumsound » Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:43 pm

digitaldrummer wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 1:16 pm
vvv wrote:
Sat Oct 03, 2020 12:09 pm
I picture mic'ing a whole drum kit with them
or maybe in combination with some of these... https://www.12gaugemicrophones.com/

:D
:D
I've got 5 of their mics, and the stereo in set up as my room mic right now. I am rolling off some highs...

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Post by winky dinglehoffer » Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:06 pm

Scodiddly wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:17 pm
- can anybody identify the switches? :?:
I think I had some old McCurdy console modules with those dayglo green switches once upon a time--I'm sure they've been used elsewhere as well.

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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by markjazzbassist » Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:17 pm

Scodiddly wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:17 pm
DIY Hamptone J-FET mic preamp.

As usual I'm cheating a little on the "acquired" part, since I built this out of parts on-hand. In fact, I bought all the parts back when the article was printed in 2004, and only now got around to putting it all together. Was sitting on about $200 worth of transformers for the better part of two decades! Other parts came from deep in my junk box - can anybody identify the switches? :?:
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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by digitaldrummer » Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:05 pm

Scodiddly wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:17 pm
can anybody identify the switches? :?:
Looks like Yamaha PM1000!
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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by Scodiddly » Sun Oct 04, 2020 2:36 pm

markjazzbassist wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 1:17 pm
Scodiddly wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 12:17 pm
DIY Hamptone J-FET mic preamp.

As usual I'm cheating a little on the "acquired" part, since I built this out of parts on-hand. In fact, I bought all the parts back when the article was printed in 2004, and only now got around to putting it all together. Was sitting on about $200 worth of transformers for the better part of two decades! Other parts came from deep in my junk box - can anybody identify the switches? :?:
yamaha pm1000?
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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by losthighway » Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:43 pm

Senn MD421

The sale was too good. I've been thinking about buying one for like a decade, I guess today was the day to drop a couple hundred on a fun new dynamic. We'll see if it can steal my heart as a tom mic and then I'll buy another, or it's just another handy multi-purpose dynamic.

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Re: Latest gear you've acquired.....

Post by A.David.MacKinnon » Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:50 pm

losthighway wrote:
Sun Oct 04, 2020 4:43 pm
Senn MD421

The sale was too good. I've been thinking about buying one for like a decade, I guess today was the day to drop a couple hundred on a fun new dynamic. We'll see if it can steal my heart as a tom mic and then I'll buy another, or it's just another handy multi-purpose dynamic.
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Post by Judas Jetski » Thu Oct 15, 2020 8:33 am

I pulled a sweet Leslie-style baffle out of an old solid-state organ I found on the curb.

Haven't done anything with it.

Yet.
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