Re: [Harp-L] The other Butter mic (was: about Haltec mics)

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Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:07:54 -0800 (PST)
From: Jp "Pagán" <jpl_pagan@xxxxxxxxx>
>--- In harp-l-archives@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, gorky
><gorky@xxxx> wrote:
>> Hi
>> i was told a few days ago Paul Butterfield used a Haltec microphone 
>> during the sessions of "Original lost elektra recordings".
>Hi Gorky,
>  
>   i don't have the liner notes handy, but i remember
>reading the same thing. something about how he was
>never without his mic (in fact, i think the band had a
>bunch of gear stolen in NYC - but not Butter', cause
>he kept his gear close ;). however, i think the mic
>manufacturer's name is "Altec" not "Haltec." Altec
>still makes mics, i think. i have no idea what kind of
>Altec mic he would have been using. 
>  
>    --Jp

Hi Gorky and Jp,
  I understand from Tom Ellis, Butter played through an Altec mic and it's
used on the first LP.  In truth was an EV mic that Altec OEM'd from EV.  

>From the mid sixties on he only used his Shure 545.  As others have praised
here, the 545 is a really versatile mic with a great range of tone.
-- G.