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George: I'm looking for a pair of O/H drum mic's with a fat,punchy and lots of balls type sound.I would also use them for room mic's. What would you buy,either vintage or new.
Registered: 02/10/00
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Yo Eman,
An expensive question, pal.
My overhead drum mikes were obtained as follows: beg and grovel to Doug Sax for two years to have him sell me a pair of his hand-made custom tube front-ends (beautifully enclosed in stock Radio Shack-type prototype miniboxes) and tube line drivers. Search for CK-1 capsules for another year; listen to C12A's and 414's until a pair sounds both good and is matched. Buy them for $2K only to remove the capsules and throw the rest away. Integrate the units. Total cost: around $15K.
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Loc: New York, N.Y. USA
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Originally posted by eman: George: I'm looking for a pair of O/H drum mic's with a fat,punchy and lots of balls type sound.I would also use them for room mic's. What would you buy,either vintage or new.
Thanks eman
I have recently been using a pair of Audio Technica 4060's (tube) mics as overheads on drums and I'm AMAZED at how they bring 'up' the toms and the overall 'fatness' of the kit. Amazing!!
