[Harp-L] GREAT custom microphone builder - Greg Heumann

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I recently purchased a custom harmonica microphone from Greg Heumann of 
"Blows Me Away productions".  He also is an expert at providing the 
right wireless microphone equipment for harp players as well as selling 
a wide assortment or connectors, cables etc we need occationally.

The microphone sounds fantastic and is a visual work of art as well. 
If you ever want an item such as this do yourself a favor and consider 
Greg's business at http://www.blowsmeaway.com/custommics.html

I'm brand new to the HARP-L and have to figure out how to include some 
photo's but until then here is a description.

In my case my mic features:

The woods are Canadian Maple Burl on both sides of a stripe of Purple 
Heart in the middle.
The wood has 10 coats of clear lacquer that has been hand sanded with 
1000 grit paper between each coat.
The connection is a screw type vintage Switchcraft connector.
The grill is billet aluminum shaped to fit the wood body and then carved 
out with a CNC machine with âSSâ (for Shakey Steve) on the front of the 
grill with a stainless steel mesh behind.
I submitted my signature for digitizing and that is laser engraved in 
the wood on the right side of the microphone.
The element is a 60âs vintage Shure Controlled Magnetic type selected 
specifically for its tone, mounted in a custom build element gasket to 
seal the sound.

Regards
Shakey