Chuck Berry mic

[Chris Gillies]

Intrigued by the “pedigree” of a 60's Premier drum set on Ebay, I went
down the rabbit hole and found them in this German Beat Club video from
1972. I thought they were toy props at first but...
What the heck are all those orange mics?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_JQcup4ic

[Ralph Barone[_3_]]

Chris Gillies > wrote:
> Intrigued by the “pedigree” of a 60's Premier drum set on Ebay, I went
> down the rabbit hole and found them in this German Beat Club video from
> 1972. I thought they were toy props at first but...
> What the heck are all those orange mics?
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_JQcup4ic
>

Given the orange dust caps on the speakers, I can only imagine it was stock
equipment repainted to put a little colour on stage.

[Scott Dorsey]

In article >,
Chris Gillies > wrote:
>Intrigued by the “pedigree” of a 60's Premier drum set on Ebay, I went
>down the rabbit hole and found them in this German Beat Club video from
>1972. I thought they were toy props at first but...
>What the heck are all those orange mics?
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_JQcup4ic

It's hard to see anything in that smeary video, but I am guessing they are
AKG D19 mikes that have been spraypainted orange.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Chris Gillies]

On 2020-11-07 2:13 p.m., Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article >,
> Chris Gillies > wrote:
>> Intrigued by the “pedigree” of a 60's Premier drum set on Ebay, I went
>> down the rabbit hole and found them in this German Beat Club video from
>> 1972. I thought they were toy props at first but...
>> What the heck are all those orange mics?
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72_JQcup4ic
>
> It's hard to see anything in that smeary video, but I am guessing they are
> AKG D19 mikes that have been spraypainted orange.
> --scott
>
I did some obsessive digging, and found someone on Gearslutz asked the
same question. This thing is so obscure it's no wonder that nobody
recognized the profile. It was distributed in Germany as a “Blackfield
Orchester Elektronik MD20” (probably made by RCF).
....Never heard of them!!!
There's a picture at the bottom of this thread:
https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/1146086-does-anyone-know-what-microphone.html

[Phil Allison[_4_]]

Chris Gillies wrote:

===================
>
> I did some obsessive digging,

** He's not lying.


> and found someone on Gearslutz asked the
> same question. This thing is so obscure it's no wonder that nobody
> recognized the profile. It was distributed in Germany as a “Blackfield
> Orchester Elektronik MD20” (probably made by RCF).
> ...Never heard of them!!!
> There's a picture at the bottom of this thread:
> https://www.gearslutz.com/board/so-much-gear-so-little-time/1146086-does-anyone-know-what-microphone.html
>
>

** Like the Roman Senator: Obscurus Maximus



..... Phil ( former Latin Student )