Black Oktava MK012

[John Cafarella]

I just picked up one of these on ebay. When I got it out of the box, I
found that its got a kind of black textured finish with gold writing on the
body and all of the capsules. It's also got "2002r" on the opposite side to
the "Oktava" label. All of the others I have seen have been silver colored.
Is this significant? What does it all mean?
--
John Cafarella
End Of the Road Studio
Melbourne, Australia

[A. & G. Reiswig]

a) You obtained one of the rare, *VINTAGE* Octava MB-012s, manufactured
during the early Brezhnev era. Reputedly warmer and smoother sounding than
new ones.

b) You obtained a mic that is not what the seller purported to be selling.

c) You obtained a great microphone that someone got bored with, so they
thought they'd change the tone by anodizing the case and changing the the
model number. Because they forgot to remove the electronics and capsule
when they dipped it in the anodizing vat, they succeeded in changing the
tone.

Joking, joking....except maybe for b?
George Reiswig
Song of the River Music

"John Cafarella" > wrote in message
...
> I just picked up one of these on ebay. When I got it out of the box, I
> found that its got a kind of black textured finish with gold writing on
the
> body and all of the capsules. It's also got "2002r" on the opposite side
to
> the "Oktava" label. All of the others I have seen have been silver
colored.
> Is this significant? What does it all mean?
> --
> John Cafarella
> End Of the Road Studio
> Melbourne, Australia
>
>

[John Cafarella]

"A. & G. Reiswig" > wrote in message
...
> a) You obtained one of the rare, *VINTAGE* Octava MB-012s, manufactured
> during the early Brezhnev era. Reputedly warmer and smoother sounding
than
> new ones.
>
> b) You obtained a mic that is not what the seller purported to be
selling.
>
> c) You obtained a great microphone that someone got bored with, so they
> thought they'd change the tone by anodizing the case and changing the the
> model number. Because they forgot to remove the electronics and capsule
> when they dipped it in the anodizing vat, they succeeded in changing the
> tone.
>
> Joking, joking....except maybe for b?
> George Reiswig
> Song of the River Music
>
> "John Cafarella" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I just picked up one of these on ebay. When I got it out of the box, I
> > found that its got a kind of black textured finish with gold writing on
> the
> > body and all of the capsules. It's also got "2002r" on the opposite
side
> to
> > the "Oktava" label. All of the others I have seen have been silver
> colored.
> > Is this significant? What does it all mean?

Nah, its definietely a MK012, its labelled at that on the "Oktava" side, and
looks like a professional finish.

Oh well, it doesn't really matter, it works fine, and has all original
packing etc. just curious....
--
John Cafarella
End Of the Road Studio
Melbourne, Australia