[quote author="Mr. Snoid"]Stitch-o,
Don't bother with the Apex 460. With the big Lundahl and big Wimas on the PC board, it won't fit centered in the 460 barrell. Maybe it could be done mounting some components off-board, though.
Also, the 460 grill is very small diameter-wise, and I actually had problems with the capsule hitting the grill if shaken. I used the gold grill off of a MXL V67 with a little hackery, and it looks pretty cool.
I hacked the shit out of mine trying to make it work, and ended up mounting the tube vertically out the side of the body like Sony did on the C800. But that means drilling, adapting, threading, braising, or mickey-mousing a removable "cap" for the tube so you can take it apart or change tubes.
I still need to have some stuff machined to make it pretty, although it did sound pretty good with the Peluso capsule I tried. It's too ugly to post pictures of as of yet. Maybe when I get time to finish it right!
Tod[/quote]
Yeah, I pretty much put the Apex off the table.
I think I'll tear up a v69 and rebuild the PS.
Never too ugly?: Post some pics of the "frank-n-mic"!!!
I dig ALL them DIY mics
Cheers everyone! :thumb: