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identify this mic?
« on: December 05, 2007, 03:11:12 PM »
Anyone know what this is? I see them a lot in footage of old folk fests - Newport and the like. I've noticed them in shots of Bill Monroe as well. You'll occasionaly see a stereo pair too in front of Dylan when he's solo acoustic.

Anyway I've always wondered what they were

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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 03:27:17 PM »
At first glance it looked like a Beyer m500, with a slightly bigger grill screen.  But it's mounted vertically, so it could be a fig8 or just a LD of some sort.  More than likely it is some sort of ribbon.   
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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2007, 03:48:45 PM »
Anyone know what this is? I see them a lot in footage of old folk fests - Newport and the like. I've noticed them in shots of Bill Monroe as well. You'll occasionaly see a stereo pair too in front of Dylan when he's solo acoustic.

Anyway I've always wondered what they were



I think this is a Gefell ( edit # 2 for spelling ) :)  but I dont know the model number.

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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #3 on: December 05, 2007, 03:50:12 PM »
I vaguely recall reading that they were Geffels at one point but I wasn't sure enough to post it


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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2007, 04:50:49 PM »

I think these are Geffels ( edit for spelling ) :)  but I dont know the model number.


you should edit for spelling once more, it's spelled Gefell.  ;D

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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #5 on: December 05, 2007, 05:20:26 PM »
excellent - thanks

so neumann km56 + sennheiser silk windscreen
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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2007, 09:52:28 PM »
Interesting...I read this thread today then stumbled on what looks like the ball...



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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2007, 09:39:05 AM »

I think these are Geffels ( edit for spelling ) :)  but I dont know the model number.


you should edit for spelling once more, it's spelled Gefell.  ;D

I did  ;)
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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #8 on: December 06, 2007, 11:01:53 AM »
that's a cool looking microphone

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« Reply #9 on: December 06, 2007, 01:47:45 PM »
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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #10 on: December 09, 2007, 11:28:46 AM »
i saw this same program last night, and thought it might be some sort of schoeps mic??

i found this thread while researching, and they seem to agree....

http://recforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php/t/7262/8867/?SQ=a6f77fa286baf13ce42fbd332da0b818

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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #11 on: December 09, 2007, 08:15:03 PM »
at least we can all agree that it is german :P
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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #12 on: December 10, 2007, 06:27:42 PM »
That is a Schoeps with a W 20 windscreen.

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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #13 on: December 15, 2007, 10:04:26 AM »
Brent, at best we would only be able to identify the windscreen, not the microphone that's in it. You're right, the windscreen is of a type that Schoeps has manufactured for decades. digifish_music's photo is also of a Schoeps, or an exceedingly good imitation.

However, in the 1950s and early 60s Schoeps manufactured accessories (including windscreens and table stands, etc.) for Telefunken, Philips, Siemens, and even (I kid you not) Neumann--all of whom sold them under their own brand names. Or in one case, the "M 280 N" (variant of the KM 84), Telefunken was selling Neumann microphones with Schoeps windscreens and other accessories under Telefunken's brand name.

So it's entirely possible that the microphones are Schoeps M 221 Bs--but it is also entirely possible that they are AKGs, Neumanns or even (gasp) something else that just happened to be the right shape and size.

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Re: identify this mic?
« Reply #14 on: December 18, 2007, 12:01:37 PM »
Very true, admitted Brent somewhat schoepishly. The microphone beneath the windscreen could indeed be Neumann, AKG, or some ersatz microphone of the day with similar proportions.   

It's always interesting to 'hear' fine-grained explanations of the various microphone products distributed as-by Telefunken. 

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