Topic: what is the generally accepted clamp...

[Brian Skalinder]

For railings, I like the SuperClamp best.  Judging from the picture, I'd also probably want to raise the mics a bit, say with a gooseneck extension.

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Back from the dead... I've read a bit of the old clamp threads in the archives and between those and this, I'm left with just one question (I think):

Will the Windtech MPC-10 really support a shockmount and an LD mic (like the LSD2 or BSCS-L?), I would have thought it would have some trouble with that sort of weight? Is that the point where someone would go to the bogen super-he-man-clamp? I remember seeing the pictures of Nick's LSD2 and where the superclamp was involved with the bad mount, so I was curious if thats just what people who have big mics use, or if it was just an example and wasn't a realistic application (regardless of the bad mount). Thanks.

[Belexes]

I have the windtech and would not trust it with a large mic...it's just not heavy duty enough.

[Brian Skalinder]

Will the Windtech MPC-10 really support a shockmount and an LD mic (like the LSD2 or BSCS-L?), I would have thought it would have some trouble with that sort of weight?

I used the MPC-10 with my AKG 414s all the time - one clamp per shockmount & mic.  No problems whatsoever.  The 414s are on the smaller side of LD mics, so YMMV.

Some pics:  http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,51606.msg1068595.html#msg1068595

I'd never trust a pair of LDs and shockmounts on a single MPC-10, though.

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

What Brian said.

Since he posted pictures of the 414s mounted with windtechs, that's all I've used with mine. I've never had any issue.  The H-85 basket will give before that clamp will.

The only issue I've had with the windtech is the end of the threaded rod having a sharp ridge that eventually bites through the rubber end cap but that is easily addressed with a flat file.

[sygdwm]

i would trust a windtech to hold a LD.

[NOLAfishwater]

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,2456.0.html

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http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,2456.0.html

Yeah, I'd poked through that, plus the thread from Shaggy about the double superclamp and the one about the balcony in Jacksonville, and the one about the extension that Moke linked. I thought those were geared toward smaller stuff (minus the superclamp) since they generally recommend the windtech. I've missed stuff before, and I apologize if a clamp that would hold heavy stuff is in there and I missed the reference. I'll go back and read through them again just in case.

+Ts for the responses folks, thanks.

[RobertNC]

The Windtech will support a set of SDs, the basic swivel T-Bar that most people use and a pair of reasonably light shocks no problem.  I've clamped My MGs, the swivel T and WindtechSP20 shocks to another stand with no problems.   The Avantone shocks I am running now may be a little heavy for that clamp though.  Bogen superclamps are a lotta weight just by themselves to be putting on the top riser of many stands - depends on how sturdy the top riser is.

The Windtech is not sturdy enough to hold a pair of LDs and shocks. But it is more than adequate to run a single LD and a heavy duty shockmount per clamp.  I've run my TLs that way with no problems and I think are a lot heavier than the 414s.

[SmokinJoe]

Yes, a windtech will support an LSD2... done it several times, both clamped to a stand, and to the ceiling beam at the local club.  No worries.