Micspotting - the “do you recognize this mic?” thread

[rock soderstrom]

Here it is, and hope you enjoy:

Wow, that's a great video and a nice guy with a really cool job!

Great collection of mics!
lots of mic info in this video!

Hey, I got a Haun MBC 540 windscreen, too.


Great first post @mblindsey , welcome to groupdiy.com!

 

[MicMaven]

I came across a video of the guy that supplied historical mics for the movie, and I thought "that guy has one of the coolest jobs in the world!".

While the specific stories about the equipment are great fun, the best bit is the narrator's obvious, infectious enthusiasm for the gear, the task, and the whole gestalt of the process, plainly enjoying what he does. Not everyone manages to make a career of what he would do for nothing, just for the joy of doing it. Ironically, paradoxically, one tends to earn more doing what he enjoys doing - in contrast, while I earned plenty in my career, I rarely had fun and retired at the first opportunity.

Parenthetically, my friends and I used an EV 640 in my first ersatz rock "band" - playing in Tommy Cullen's basement. We were a basement band, not a garage band. We were too embarrassed to play in the garage where other kids could hear us better. That EV 640 was physically really BIG, and, fortunately, indestructible. / James

 

[k brown]

Okay, this time it's getting real historical - is the microphone in this legendary
“Oh Brother Where Art Thou” scene a movie prop or a real microphone?

Can anyone say anything about it?



PS: I did some googling but found nothing.

My guess is that it's either an intentionally silly-looking prop, or possibly a carbon mic.

 

[mblindsey]

I won this in an auction yesterday and can't find another exactly like it online. It was listed alongside a Shure 561 and described as "Misc. Microphone" in part of the listing, but the letters "EV" do appear in the auction description. I'll be able to pick it up tomorrow and hope to find markings. If anyone immediately recognizes it, however, I'd be grateful to know what it is in advance.

Thanks!,

--Michael


Pic one


Pic two

 

[micolas]

I won this in an auction yesterday and can't find another exactly like it online. It was listed alongside a Shure 561 and described as "Misc. Microphone" in part of the listing, but the letters "EV" do appear in the auction description. I'll be able to pick it up tomorrow and hope to find markings. If anyone immediately recognizes it, however, I'd be grateful to know what it is in advance.

Thanks!,

--Michael


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Pic two
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It looks like a DIY microphone
What does it look like inside?

 

[mblindsey]

It looks like a DIY microphone
What does it look like inside?

I thought that it might be DIY too. I'll pick it up tomorrow and take a look.

 

[mjmajilton]

EV 664, i believe?



The shockmounted one might be a D12 (or variant thereof), but no idea about the rest...

EV 666

 

[micolas]

EV 666

https://coutant.org/666r/

 

[rock soderstrom]

EV 666

https://coutant.org/666r/

yep, we already know.

https://groupdiy.com/threads/micspotting-the-“do-you-recognize-this-mic-”-thread.89298/post-1177951

 

[micolas]

yep, we already know.

https://groupdiy.com/threads/micspotting-the-“do-you-recognize-this-mic-”-thread.89298/post-1177951

I apologize! Truly diabolical!
On Dylan's nasal voice I would have used a microphone with a fuller sound, with more body.

 

[mblindsey]

I thought that it might be DIY too. I'll pick it up tomorrow and take a look.

I don't know what it is, I don't think it's DIY, and I don't know how to disassemble it - want to see if it works before I do something bad. Here are more more pics. There are no markings, foam disintegrating, it has a 'button' head on one side that might pull or screw out (doesn't push in)? It has a hole where something similar was at one time. I put an EV 644 next to it for size comparison. Any guesses?

 

[pmfalcman]

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[Picture img 795] What is this golden twirly something visible through the openings?
Suspiciously looks like a diaphragm destroyed in an attempt to unscrew the gray cast "spoked wheel". Though it seems logical that this part needs to be unscrewed.
Can you see, through this small cutout in the body if it is threaded?

 

[MagnetoSound]

[Picture img 795] What is this golden twirly something visible through the openings?
Suspiciously looks like a diaphragm destroyed in an attempt to unscrew the gray cast "spoked wheel". Though it seems logical that this part needs to be unscrewed.
Can you see, through this small cutout in the body if it is threaded?

It looks quite well protected. Why do you assume it’s been destroyed?

 

[pmfalcman]

It looks quite well protected. Why do you assume it’s been destroyed?

Wrinkles. I see wrinkles.
But maybe it's not the diaphragm. I don't know, I'm asking.

 

[MagnetoSound]

I see a corrugated diaphragm, quite common in dynamic mics. I’m not saying it isn’t damaged, but I can’t tell from that picture. It could be fine.

 

[pmfalcman]

I see a corrugated diaphragm, quite common in dynamic mics. I’m not saying it isn’t damaged, but I can’t tell from that picture. It could be fine.

I see. I've no experience at all with dynamic mics. I'm just a mechanic

So the "spoked wheel" should be unscrewed, it seems, to dismantle the mic.
The body is apparently one piece.

 

[mblindsey]

Thanks for the tips! I carefully unscrewed the "spoke wheel", and was able to see more of the inside. I think the bottom section may come a part by way of that "button" or the "hole where something once was". For the former, the button doesn't seem to want to twist or be pulled out - almost think it's like a rivet, but that doesn't make a lot of sense. For the latter, I don't see any threads in the hole. The "circular indented cut" around the bottom of the mic where the hole is seems like a point where it could separate, and it almost looks like that indention could be a circular clip holding it together. Part of it protrudes into the hole on one side (as seen in prior pic), but that could just be a manufacturing defect. I carefully tried to tug on it with a metal curved pick to no avail. Do these pics help with the mystery? Best regards and thank you!

p.s. I'll try to record something with it today ... to see if it even works.

 

[mblindsey]

Also, I'm wondering if the lack of manufacturer markings points to this being part of a "kit". Like, a mic that was shipped with a cassette recorder, reel2reel, video cam? I can't speak to the actual quality of the tech & design here, as I haven't viewed the inside of many vintage mics, but overall it's a heavy chunk of metal. Might not useful as a "hammer", but pretty close.

--Michael

 

[micolas]

@mblindsey

The question to ask:
Is this functional?

 

[pmfalcman]

I've no further ideas how to dismantle it.
But I'd refrain from this if it works fine.
Check first. If it ain't broken - don't fix it