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

["David Brown" <nonidesign@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had a similar poblem with a 57 but the small diameter of the mic made my
little finger cramp from the strain of holding it tight. I bought some clear
plastic flexible tubing with 1/4" thick wall from Home Depot and cut a 2"
length of it. It's used for clothes washing machines.  I used a knife to cut
through it length wise and wrapped it around the mic similar to the way you
did. It doesn't make it as easy to grip as the golf ball top of a 58 but it
does the trick.

On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 10:59 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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