Modding a Cheap Vintage Microphone
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2024
- In this video, we'll modify this little Fanon Masco microphone we found inside an old reel to reel tape recorder recently. The recorder was modified into a guitar amp. That video can be seen here: • Converting a JUNK Tape...
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I like the fact of fixing up old stuff instead of just trashing everything. Not typical in today's electronics design.
Be cool to hear a guitar cab mixed with it at different distances, well cool
We might eventually do a video of that with my entire mic collection. I'll include this one.
@@TheGuitologist I'd be well up for seeing that 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
you're totally swiping some if my trade secrets! lol... I have the best mic preamp made by Bogen (my favorite amp maker, pre 1964) with a B+ voltage of 550v!!! and juices two 12a_7 tubes so hot, and clean... I use the pair of them on everything... it makes my mixes glow, the drums pop, the guitar in focus, with perfect mids and hi's... ridiculous head room... and no one knows about them! I put my pair out on the web a year ago... no one knew a thing. But I've had preamps of all colors... you can experiment with the two tubes and get all you need... from high sound pressure to miking a fly washing his hands... lol. serious.
Ahh the sound and fury of Brad The Micologist!
definitely captures the scotty moore hound dawg feel!
you are relentless brad, great to see, great fun as always.
Great video! Made a great difference! Thanks for sharing!
Nice! The spring on your lamp (boom arm?) makes your hammer sound like something from the underworld.
This video was great, keep them coming my friend! This would sound awesome as a up close AD Rock rap/vocal mic. Yes, Beastie Boys AD Rock lol. Kinda like the old Sony Karaoke mics they used in the studio.
This is cool! I've got a bunch of similar mics I've accumulated over the years kicking around here.. Bet they'd make great harp mics, or alternate tone guitar mics!
Love the ornamental altec desktop compressor add-on....really adds some characture to the whole presentation lol..
while I was watching this, I was thinking the same thing about what plugging that into the compressor/preamp device would yield...actually, what the hell am I doing up so damn early...now I'm thinking what my silver eagle crystal mic would sound like thru the altec!?!...btw, I was watching your tiny Vox amp repair and how much trouble you were encountering in placing the package to hold in place get it to solder successfully and I remembered my teachings at the first shop I worked at after graduating from college (Bozotronics) and a trick we always used in amps like Jordans/Wilder etc craps(all solid-state)to hold them in place....a small toothpick drop of superglue...worked with mixing consoles like 2inc. etc, as well and to this day, the secret to release even the tiniest of sg adhesive is placing a toothpick droplet on a scalpel(or in todays world, snap knife) with tricloriphine brake cleaner(non-flammable)...when you want to sell your little microphone, let me know, I'd be interested in buying it lol. seriously.
jeez, I need to go to bed....
Its got an interesting tone, I’d love to hear it on a guitar cab combined with a condenser
Great video! I started out on a reel to reel just like that!
I love shit like this ! Brad , have you ever messed with a Wollensak 3M ? They can be used as guitar amps and the mic is pretty decent . Lo-fi is a blast .
No experience with those.
I think its time for some DIY ribbon microphones. Id buy one if it was reasonable.
get you some shielding paint
Huh, thank you, thank you very much......
A friend recently found a box of weird old Russian and German Ribbon Microphones and I'm being gifted a few! Can't wait.
That’s awesome! Make a video showing them off.
@@TheGuitologist Still not got them through the post ☹️. I might make a video, but I'm kinda shy, and only own an old Panasonic Lumix potato camera!
Love it. Like hifi drive-thru.
That phase cover with the dome that covers the coil and magnet should remain in the mic for proper operation.
Modding cheap vintage microphone??
You read my mind.
Your modding videos are some of my favorites.
love the inteo brad
I've been doing so much, with so little, for so long, that now, they think I can do anything with nothing!
Saved another one, nice video.
I like how you said " collec - tee - eon " lol. That's what it reads like in most foreign languages.
How cool is that thing? It's got a frickin' kick stand! And, your desk has some bitchin' spring reverb too.
I wouldn't mind eating that metal gasket if it will give me rigidity
Awesome vid. Much appreciated.
LO-FI to the max!
Man i wish youd make more vids of you just playing music, (especially playing guitar), you are a very talented musician, ive seen you play guitar, drums, and sing. I feel like you dont because of haters, but man eFFFF them... i think if even one person likes the music its worth it. You could make some very unique and special songs with all those old mics and amps you have man. Idk, would be super cool to see, and some of my favorite stuff to watch on your channel.
There is a whole playlist of me playing just songs on my main channel page.
Good stuff my guy.
Good job Brad!it's much better!winner,winner chicken dinner,Cheers!
Not getting notifications..doesn't surprise me with YT
Me neither. If you deviate AT ALL from your usual video fare, they penalize you by not notifying your regular audience.
I love lofi mics, can make em out of a lot of things.
Been a while. Nice to see y'all again.
I wondered all the time if you had grounded the shielding. Won't have much of an effect without that.
The aluminum cap over the voice coil you removed probably helped with shielding too. But in the end it turned out quite good.
I just came across a valco video of yours from 2017. I wondered why I hadn't seen any notifications of your content for a while (since about when you started getting political about stuff). I checked to see if I was still subscribed and I am. Fcking UA-cam man. Missed some great videos! I'm back anyway. Don't worry. I'll never leave you again Bradly Poo.
drum mic or acoustic guitar mic? now you should build a mic stand for it 🙂
Not a bad idea.
@@TheGuitologist figure out how to attach a clamp to a goose neck mic stand your options would be endless lol
That little thing actually sounds pretty cool. Question: I remember you doing a video about the ART tube preamps- well I got one of the little ones, the tube MP it's called. I've had it for about 10 or 12 years. When I try to use it with my medium diaphragm mic these days it makes a lot of noise. So it's kind of useless for vocals now. So, I was thinking of turning it into an overdrive/distortion pedal. Any suggestions for resources that'll give me a good start on figuring out how to do that?
I think those are all surface mounted circuitry, IIRC. You'd probably have to just gut it and start over with a schematic you find online. Just guessing.
@@TheGuitologist I just now took it apart to check. I'm looking at it right now, and it's definitely a through-hole board. It's got a 20 db gain button and pre and post pots. So i reckon I could just run it in front of an amp with the +20 db and a the pre cranked. But that creates a pretty harsh transient sound. The tube apparently doesn't do much, like I think I remember you surmising in that video you did on the one you had ahold of. Hmm... I don't know. I might just use it like it is.
@@JeremyL_Hay This one is going to be a starved plate design just like the other one I showed. That video is in my "Microphones" playlist on my channel. To really be an effective tube preamp, you'll probably want an actual power transformer capable of providing at least 80 or 90 plate volts.
@@TheGuitologist Oh ok. That makes sense. Thanks. I might just take it all apart and see if I can make something interesting with the parts. I just know I don't like throwing stuff like that away. Alright well. Ya take it easy.
ahh le quitaste el mojo al sacarle la chapita... eso le daba caracter al sonido
Now I want to hear you sing buddy holly songs… damn it… lol I’ve been asking you for years to put out more music! Lol have a good one brad
What is that song at 11:28 ish? It seems like you're just making it up as ya go but also feels familiar...
That's me spoofing Blue Suede Shoes.
Still playing drums?
Every day.
is it cold in KY, sweat shirt with hoodie in May.
This video is a couple months old.
testies one , two , threee!
👋 Brad !
Definitely heard WORSE mics.
i swear it sounds exactly like a muthatrucking CB radio mic.
..........breaker breaker....can i get a 10-4....over.........
I bought an old cb for five bucks to salvage for parts, modified the mic by removing the push-to-talk button, still gotta figure out the mic stand mounting, but it was definitely worth five bucks for an interesting sounding mic, and some cool knobs too
Time for a little Doo Wap 👍🏻
Noice