Tony Prior
From:
Charlotte NC
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Posted 24 May 2009 2:54 am |
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About 30 years ago I bought a mic from a friend that had a bass roll off feature, I used it for all of my apartment recordings back at the time. I knew it was an AKG but was not sure of the model. My friend asked about it maybe 15 years ago, I thought I sold it back to him. Evidently I did not.
Look what I found in my old parts box this morning, in fully functional and not bad physical shape.
An original AKG D19 , also referred to as the "Beatle" mic.
I had actually been looking for this mic a few months ago as I started recording the Acoustic again, but when I couldn't find it I assumed I sold it back to my friend.
Reading about these on the net this morning it appears these are still in quite the demand and in some cases carry a $500 price tag ! Holy Moly Batman ! I think I paid $20 for it back then.
This is an AKG D-19 C200 and it is missing the label on the bass roll off switch, other than that it's in pretty good shape for sitting in the bottom of a box for the past 20 years !
t
ps, I tracked with the mic last night and it's pretty nice, certainly not the best but overall clean and bright.
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