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Thursday, May 09, 2013
Craig Leerman
05/09/13 12:28 PM,
When I got serious about collecting microphones I started a list of the models I wanted, and one of the first names on the list was the D-22 from the American Microphone Company. It’s a beautiful omnidirectional microphone with two-tone coloring and a very modern unique look. American was a popular manufacturer from the 1930s and into the mid-1960s. The company was founded by Fern A. Yarbrough in Los Angeles, later relocating to Pasadena, CA, and it built mics primarily…
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Friday, February 08, 2013
Craig Leerman
02/08/13 04:01 PM,
A recent addition to my microphone collection is a Turner 44D. I looked everywhere for a clean model and finally lucked upon a mint condition unit complete with the box, cable and paperwork. I’ve always thought Turner made some of the best looking Art Deco-style microphones. While this model is a bit more modern than many of Turner’s more famous vintage mics, it’s still a beauty. Most folks know the Turner name for its line of mics designed for live…
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Friday, January 11, 2013
Craig Leerman
01/11/13 04:24 PM,
Ask any person on the planet to think of a vintage microphone, and the Shure Model 55 is what probably comes to mind. This iconic mic was introduced in 1939, and two models that sport the distinctive box shape are still in the Shure catalog. Pretty good for a design celebrating its 74th year! Not only is the Model 55 one of the best looking mics ever made, it also introduced a breakthrough technology in using just a single dynamic…
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Monday, September 10, 2012
Craig Leerman
09/10/12 05:09 PM,
The Olson M-191 is one of the more interesting-looking microphones I’ve run across, a hybrid metal and plastic unit that has a style all it’s own. Olson Electronics may not be a familiar name. Started by Sid Olson in Akron, OH in 1961, the company grew into a large retail chain that carried a wide variety of consumer electronics, including stereos, CB radios, TV antennas, parts, tubes, batteries, and car audio equipment. Olson Electronics was sold in the late 1960s…
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Monday, July 30, 2012
Craig Leerman
07/30/12 07:25 AM,
You never know what you’ll come across at a yard sale – a few months ago, I found this little beauty, a Kent DM-17 microphone. Kent was a brand established by Buegeleisen & Jacobson musical instrument distributors, which was based in New York City in the early 1960s. It was known primarily as a guitar brand, with some of the early guitars made by Guyatone and Hagstrom. In addition to guitars and basses, the Kent name was on amplifiers, guitar…
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Craig Leerman
05/24/12 04:16 PM,
If you were a musician in the 1970s or are a fan of vintage gear, the name Univox should be familiar. Merson Musical Products, a musical instrument division of Unicord Incorporated, made and marketed a wide range of products with the Univox brand, including guitars, keyboards and cool-looking blue Tolex-covered guitar and bass amps. In addition, Merson Musical Products was the U.S. importer of Marshall amps, Korg keyboards and other lines including Tempro brand drums (my first kit). Some big…
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
Craig Leerman
04/26/12 11:10 AM,
My Baltimore-area high school theater was outfitted with the first quality PA system I ever worked with. It had JBL horns and cabinets in a center cluster, powered by Crown amplifiers, with a 6-channel TAPCO mixer in the sound booth and Electro-Voice 664 microphones on stage. Initially, to my finely tuned 10th grade ears, the system didn’t sound very good – the performers could barely be heard, and there was a lot of feedback. It wasn’t long before I figured…
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Monday, March 05, 2012
Craig Leerman
03/05/12 12:38 PM,
I started collecting microphones long ago, when at a large flea market, I spotted an Electro-Voice 664. The chrome was pitted, the windscreen was dented, and the guy selling it didn’t know if it even worked. But it was only a few dollars and it reminded me of my years working tech theater in high school, so I bought it. From then on, I looked for old mics everywhere, and pretty soon had built a sizable collection. They’re really interesting,…
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