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Mac Kerr

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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2017, 01:06:29 PM »

According to the equipment manifest for this tour, the following mics were used:

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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2017, 07:36:49 PM »

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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2017, 02:30:47 PM »

Over the years there have been some "short runs" of products that most people are not aware of.

A couple I remember are the Crown MT1000.  NOT the 1200.  It was the first one out-but not for long.

There was also a Crown MT1200 that was a cross between the MA and MT1200.  I guess it was during the transition to the MA series.

I bought some of the first Crown Microtech amps when they were introduced in the mid 80s. As a big Crown fan at the time, and user of multiple black-face DC300A-II models (the upside-down ones) I jumped at a chance to get improved power, efficiency, and packing density (The fans are inside? I'll take that!). Eventually had three 1000 amps, only blew up one (on monitors at a Lonnie Mack club-gig). They were crude amps by today's standards but I suppose they competed fairly well with their contemporaries. It would be decades before I bought another Crown product! Of course, the Macrotech Series was an improvement over the Microtech in just about every way imaginable, but I'd already moved in a different direction.

...and to sort of get back on topic, I do remember those funky gray little Shures, and Stop Making Sense is my favorite live concert film ever. David Byrne had moments of genius during his career.
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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2017, 07:38:41 PM »

I bought some of the first Crown Microtech amps when they were introduced in the mid 80s.  Eventually had three 1000 amps, only blew up one (on monitors at a Lonnie Mack club-gig). They were crude amps by today's standards but I suppose they competed fairly well with their contemporaries. It would be decades before I bought another Crown product! Of course, the Macrotech Series was an improvement over the Microtech in just about every way imaginable, but I'd already moved in a different direction.


What I "heard" was that the original 1000 blew up a lot.  And they discontinued it and reworked it and came up with the 1200.  Which was a very solid amp.

I had several brought to me to repair-and when I saw the insides and the damage done, I turned the repair down.  To much work.
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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2017, 10:19:01 PM »

shure made for a hot moment sm57s and sm58s without output transformers and called them 77s and 78s. The David Byrne vocal mic looks to be one.  Why do I have this useless information rattling around in my head?  Because I still have a few of those mics rolling around in the b stock mic drawers.
I also bought several SM 78s, they did not have the "classic" Sure transformer distortion, and were available in several "designer" colors. The pseudo-suede like finish picked up dirt like a sponge, so the mics would look ratty in a month, and you could not re-paint them with any normal paint. They did not "catch on" with the touring business, sold them all off by 1982 or 1983.
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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #15 on: December 07, 2018, 10:52:24 AM »

What I "heard" was that the original 1000 blew up a lot.

They were Crown's knee-jerk response to the Carver PM1.5. At that time, Crown was self-congratulatory over the introduction of their "revolutionary" PSA-2. The rush to market in the MT1000 next product showed...(There was an MT "LX" series that sucked also.)
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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2019, 12:20:38 AM »

I am a huge TH fan.  saw them many times in my back east days.  Saw the Stop Making Sense tour once in Sprinfield, MA.  One of the best Heads shows ever for me.
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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #17 on: March 02, 2019, 11:37:27 PM »

I'm so glad I happened to stumble back to this post - I had missed a lot of great info and history. Thanks everyone for sharing!!! I really love this.

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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #18 on: March 04, 2019, 06:51:19 PM »

Slightly related: worked with Clutch last week. Lead vocal was an SM58 with a black grille. Looked great. Considering buying a few black grilles to have on hand for ours for certain gigs.

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Re: Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense
« Reply #19 on: March 04, 2019, 08:32:06 PM »

Slightly related: worked with Clutch last week. Lead vocal was an SM58 with a black grille. Looked great. Considering buying a few black grilles to have on hand for ours for certain gigs.

Clutch was always one of the friendliest bands I worked with. Super great bunch of guys....
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