i don't suppose you've got a few more Bk5s lying around do you?

May I suggest a Heil PR30? I just bought one and I am rather impressed. It has similar characteristics to a ribbon, while being a large diaphragm dynamic mic.

sonicdeath wrote:May I suggest a Heil PR30? I just bought one and I am rather impressed. It has similar characteristics to a ribbon, while being a large diaphragm dynamic mic.

I want get one of these, or a PR40. Have you tried both, and if so, what do you think ?

I own the pr30. I am very impressed with the mics performance on guitars. I don't recomend it for vocals. I will be picking up a pr40 next week.

For the performance the mics are well worth the cash many times over.

Keep an eye out on ebay, you can pick both up at a better price.

I will try to post some samples once I sober up .

Thanks for the suggestion, the PR30 looks good...I'll definitely demo this one. Look forward to the samples.

tarandfeathers wrote:Good microphone wise, the Beyer 260 was originally intended for this purpose I think? They're fairly robust anyway, otherwise the Royer would be a good bet. Still not something I'd be dying to try...

i would use the Beyer 160, it's hyper cardiod instead of the figure 8 of the 260...

this is about the cheapest ribbon you could use...

so my question is, why do you need a $500 mic on your guitar for live sound?

JeremyLemos wrote:i would use the Beyer 160, it's hyper cardiod instead of the figure 8 of the 260...

The 260 is hypercardioid also, it has a single ribbon element though whereas the 160 has a dual ribbon element. The M130 was Beyer's Fig-8 ribbon (maybe their only one? Rodabod?)

You got me. I guess I've never seen the 260! I've been using the 160's so long I didn't think about another kind... Thanks

also, the 260 has a low end roll off to counter the proximity effect no?

tarandfeathers wrote:The M130 was Beyer's Fig-8 ribbon (maybe their only one?

I think so. The less well-known ones were the M320 and M380. The 320 was more or less a 260 in a different body as far as I remember. The 380 was a different build, but I think maybe still cardioid.

The newer M260.80 has a 80Hz high pass filter. Not sure how steep. Getting rid of the bass roll-off requires a transformer swap which isn't easy.