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Title: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Dalton Brand on August 30, 2011, 06:33:10 PM
Hey all,

I was watching a Grateful Dead video from the early '90s and the whole band was using these mics. I've always been curious about them- thought they may be Sennheiser with custom capsule shells. Any ideas?

Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Pete Erskine on August 30, 2011, 07:09:06 PM
I remember that this mic was particularly heavy.  We had a few at Theatre Tech.  Maybe Mac Kerr can remember what it was.
Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Dalton Brand on August 30, 2011, 07:32:09 PM
This was the closest thing I could find- Sennheiser MD 416-U. Similar but not quite the exact thing.
Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Dalton Brand on August 30, 2011, 07:56:57 PM
Ok- sorry to start and end this so soon- I swear I couldn't find any info on this last night but I just stumbled upon the answer in an old newsgroup post-

Milab LSR 1000 or 2000

Priced like a Neumann- The response reminds me of a an AKG C535 with even broader and higher peak in the 5K to 10K
Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Mac Kerr on August 30, 2011, 08:39:00 PM
I remember that this mic was particularly heavy.  We had a few at Theatre Tech.  Maybe Mac Kerr can remember what it was.

I know we didn't have any Milabs, you are probably thinking of the AKG D330, a damn heavy mic.

Mac
Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Bob Charest on August 30, 2011, 08:47:23 PM
Hey all,

I was watching a Grateful Dead video from the early '90s and the whole band was using these mics. I've always been curious about them- thought they may be Sennheiser with custom capsule shells. Any ideas?
It looks like the Crown CM310A that Robert Lunceford posted about Here (http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/topic,4595.10.html) a few days ago.
Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Bob Charest on August 30, 2011, 08:49:27 PM
It looks like the Crown CM310A that Robert Lunceford posted about Here (http://forums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/topic,4595.10.html) a few days ago.
Oops - Saw you found your answer !  :)
Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Scott Middleton on August 31, 2011, 03:22:59 PM
I've always wanted to know what those mics were.  Thanks guys.
Title: Re: ID this Mic- Grateful Dead
Post by: Mike Lieman on August 31, 2011, 08:42:27 PM
This was the closest thing I could find- Sennheiser MD 416-U. Similar but not quite the exact thing.

grumble, grumble, damned Sennheiser clip....