Originally Posted by justanoldmuso
AT.

of course another reason why one might get a pack of el cheapo mics is if the group knows its gonna be a rowdy crowd when playing out live say at a club.
so one doesnt wanna chance a high value and/or vintage mic.

once years ago i saw the who live doing if i remember my generation and daltrey swing out the mic and then pulling it back.


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I've only played on gig in my entire musical career where someone used a condenser mic on the stage. 99% of the gigs were Shure 57/58 mics. My own personal stage mic is a 58.

Those things can double as hammers. Mines been dropped, been on fire*, and soaked in my breath and sweat and still sounds like it did the first time it was used. That's why Daltry wasn't worried about swinging it around. I don't recall him ever dropping it, but I wasn't there so maybe he did. But he could afford a new one.


* We played a nice venue with a hopping crowd. At the time, we were using pyrotechnics. One of the flash pots was a little too close and slightly over filled with slow burning powder. It created a column of fire. Who knew that those foam windscreens were highly flammable? We knew it was going off at the start of the song so we were safely away from it but yep, it lit up the windscreen.

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