Re: [Harp-L] york tape recorder mike

[Joel Fritz <jfritz666@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

York is/was a low end brand of electronics sold at mass market 
retailers.  The mic probably came from a $20 tape recorder.

Every now and then you can pick up a fun mic on Ebay for under $10. I 
have a couple that I really like. I also have a box of junkers.  There 
are some ancient tape recorder mics that have Shure dynamic elements. 
Unfortunately enough people know about them that it's hard to get them 
cheap.

john kuzloski wrote:
> I was back east a couple of weeks ago and poked around
> the crowded basement and found an old tape recorder
> microphone with the name York on it.  It is a stick
> type, cheap looking, mostly black plastic, smaller
> than a 57, really light weight.  I brough it back with
> low expectations.  It has a 1/8 inch male on the
> short, skinny wire.  I got an adapter from radio
> shack, plugged it into a bassman-type amp and WOW, it
> sounded great -- well, when I turned the levels on the
> amp up a bit.  Then I left the amp at the usual levels
> and ran the mike through a mxr 10-band eq with gain
> and volume up a bit -- YIKES!  It screams.  What a
> nice surprise.  I really wouldn't hesitate to gig with
> it -- but I'd bring a back-up because it's pretty
> flimsy.  It has an on/off switch that doesn't do
> anything.  A magnifying glass shows that it says Japan
> on the doohickie where the wire enters the mike. 
> Anybody ever heard of York tape recorders or
> microphones?  I suspect they aren't top of the line! 
> I think there's a lesson in here for me somewhere! 
> --john k.
>
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