Topic: Looking for some thoughts on a Rube Goldberg way of setting up apiar of B-3's

[SmokinJoe]

It probably goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway... don't create a safety hazard.

I've used an old TV antenna rabbit ears with my 4061's and I make sure it's high enough that nobody can walk into it and get poked in the eye. The antenna has the blunt ends which aren't quite as lethal as the sharp end of coat hanger wire.  If you end up with a sharp wire end, put a little round necklace bead on there or something. Especially when you factor in darkness and alcohol, if it's "an accident just waiting to happen", it will happen sooner rather than later.

I'm not trying to rain on your parade, just make sure a fun evening doesn't turn bad.

[adrianf74]

take a date.  Purse on table.  clip mics on purse.

Simple and works, as long as your date isn't a table top banger.. at least in the sense refered to above. 

Or a "thunder clapper" in which case this won't work either.   I sometimes have a better half that gets too excited. 

[DiggerinVA]

Thanks I believe the old rabbit ears may fill the bill. Now where do I find them? Do the still sell them. But I have to get the grenade. ;-)

[audBall]

Or a "thunder clapper" in which case this won't work either.   

If your better half doesn't fill these shoes, the person at the neighboring table will. 

Could you imagine an artist's shock if everyone in the crowd exercised the "taper clap"?

[Gutbucket]

Thanks I believe the old rabbit ears may fill the bill. Now where do I find them? Do the still sell them. But I have to get the grenade. ;-)

Radio shack has the black ones which I prefer over the classic gleaming chrome.  For those you need to buy the cheapest set-top set and scavenge them out of there ~$12-15.  Any electronics retailer probably has them on a low shelf somewhere since they are still used for over-the-air digital TV. I've never found a source for the black ones as individual replacement anennas with the antenna alone, only chromes.  The chrome ones are available cheaper as individuals and simple pairs without the plastic base and other stuff you will discard.  I've seen them at the dollar store.  And there is always online.

Joe raises a good point about poke safety.  I either gaff tape the mics directly on the ends so they and the looped wire form a sort of safety cap for the pointy end of the antennas, or flush-mount the omnis in rigid foam Nerf balls about 1.75" in diameter which I put on the antenna ends- partly to change the mic polar pattern and response, but also as good poke protection for both the mics and the pokee.  I've posted photos of that in other threads which I can point you to if you like.