Re: [Harp-L] RE: SM57 AND DUCT TAPE

["steve warner" <10reedsbent@xxxxxxxxx>]

Now that this is being brought up......if anyone wants to use electrical
tape to secure grills etc. do not use """Black""" tape.  I'm an electrician
by day and all that will do is leave a black gooey residue after things warm
up some either by your hands or a warm day.  Use any other color and you
won't have that problem.  You may have a little clear glue, but it won't be
a tar type of mess.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:59 PM, A. CATASUS <acatasus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't have an SM57 but I have it's brother, the 545. While he was fitting
> it for a volume control, Greg Heumann secured the grill for me with some
> kind of glue. If the darned thing moves around and the element underneath
> decides to move with it the hair-thin wires underneath will disconnect,
> rendering the mic inoperative. (It happened to mine. Thanks for the repair,
> Greg.)
>
> When I got the mic back, I wrapped a few rubber bands from bunches of
> asparagus and broccoli around the body of the mic just below the head. I
> then slid a 1 inch length of bicycle inner tube over the bands overlapping
> the head of the mic by about 1/8 inch. This gives me a nice ridge to help me
> hold the mic. With the volume control adding to the length, it's a bit of an
> exertion to hold the 545 and this helps. Of course, the tone is worth any
> exertion. It honks like a sax, trumpet or trombone, depending on the key and
> on your playing style.
>
> I plan to change the rubber bands frequently to prevent them from
> deteriorating and gumming up the works.
>
> Don't use duct tape. By the way, don't use duct tape on ductwork either.
> Look it up. It is singularly unsuited to the task!
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duct_tape
>
> Al
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