[Harp-L] RE: Can anyone identify this mic

[Ron Sunshine <ronsunshine@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Christelle.
You are correct in the sense that the mic in your picture is from the  
same family (the ElectroVoice family). The mic in the picture you  
linked to is an EV 623 made by ElectroVoice, licensed to Ampex.  Ampex  
made tape recorders (just as Revere, TDM, Wilcox & Gay, Bell & Howell,  
Executone and a multitude of other companies made tape recorders,  
especially during the home recording craze of the 50s).  ElectroVoice,  
Shure, Astatic, Turner and other American microphone companies made  
what is known as licensed goods for the tape recorder and PA system  
companies (Bogen, Stromberg Carlson, etc.), who did not manufacture  
their own microphones.  For example, you often see Shure 55s, or  
Turner 22Xs with another brand name on the tag, when the mic is  
obviously a Turner 22 or a Shure 55.  These are licensed goods.   
Believe me when I tell you that the mic in question is an EV 423 made  
for the Allied Knight electronics chain by ElectroVoice. I have  
several of them, and I have researched it.   Hope that helps.
Cheers,
Ron Sunshine
Deluxe Vintage Mics
http://www.myspace.com/deluxevintageharpmics

"Hi everybody,

I'm not an expert but may be this is not an Electro Voice 423, but   
AMPEX the same family as the H1390

http://harpist-taka.pro.tok2.com/mic_h1390.htm


Christelle Berthon"