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Title: smoke and mics
Post by: bagtagsell on January 04, 2005, 12:37:02 AM

My mics reak.  I guess NYE was eveyones last pack or two of ciggarettes.  Should I be worried about this hurting my mics?  Or should I just let them air out?

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: caymanreview on January 04, 2005, 12:39:39 AM

you used windscreens right?

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: bagtagsell on January 04, 2005, 12:45:20 AM

yeah they smell like trash too

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: caymanreview on January 04, 2005, 12:50:48 AM

wash the windscreens with a little soap water mix, and let them air dry, they will be allright

not sure about the mics tho. i was in a non-smoking venue for nye :D

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: jdawg on January 04, 2005, 01:00:55 AM

Just search and found this. Should give you some ideas...

 http://www.taperssection.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=11388.0

Good question though, I'm wondering the same thing. Sounds like a 'yes', even if your not in a smoking environment. I'm just thinking about the protection factor if the stand would ever get knocked over.

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: F.O.Bean on January 04, 2005, 01:03:56 AM

my mics have been in all kinds of crazy smoking situatiuons, ive always had screens on and my mics dont smell one bit, maybe cause i ALWAYS kept them in foam padding, especially the pick and pluck foam in the pelican 1060, maybe the foam absorbs it, cause i cant even smell it in the pelican, and my mics are going on 6 years old :)

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: thierryhenry on January 04, 2005, 07:04:11 AM

Mine don't smell as bad as I thought they would from NYE.

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: pfife on January 04, 2005, 11:33:27 AM

smoke is bad for almost all electronics.

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: Sanjay on January 04, 2005, 08:24:14 PM

Quote from: thierryhenry on January 04, 2005, 07:04:11 AM

Mine don't smell as bad as I thought they would from NYE.

how did it turn out, you taped rusted root right?

Title: Re: smoke and mics
Post by: thierryhenry on January 05, 2005, 01:20:03 PM

My 9V in the BB was about to die (stupid me left the mics plugged in the whole freakin way up), and my signal when i started was so low I was wondering. I was 10' away from the left stack and I had the JB3 gain @ +12db and I was barely getting a signal, so I knew something was up. Went home that night, put a new 9V in, and everything was cool.


I haven't replaced the 9V since I bought the BB some 8 months ago, so I guess it was time, but it was pretty stupid. Good thing Rusted Root isn't my favorite band/genre of music, and thank god the night sucked anyway. Too many drunks walking around, pissing me off. That's why Alex + Jeff didn't go.

But oh well.