What kind of mic is this?

[kiramdear]

Anybody know? There's no name on it.

[jps]

I am pretty sure it is an EV, but I can't recall the model at the moment.

[kiramdear]

ElectroVoice? It's a vocal performance mike? That's what I've been using it for, based on the look of it.

[jps]

Possibly, or an ENG mic.

[kiramdear]

Thanks, Jeff, but I'm more interested in what it's good for.

[jps]

Has it worked well for the applications you've tried it on, or is this a new acquisition? Just try it on different things and if it sounds good, then it is. So many people get hung up on "this mic is only good for this ________" kind of thinking, but I feel that mics can do more than their supposed "role".

[kiramdear]

That's true, Jeff. I used it a couple of times for our jam sessions and it seemed fine for vocals. That's the only thing I've used it for. I wondered about the pattern, if it's a cardoid.

[jps]

Most likely it is cardioid, or perhaps it may be hypercardioid, especially it it was initially intended as an ENG mic. Try it on your Martin to see how well it does as a full range mic.

[Scastles]

I'm sure it would ( or does) work fine for performance. It does look to be an old EV. I used them, many moons ago, while in broadcasting. They were used frequently for remotes, interviews, but not as a primary studio mic. They could take a lot of abuse.

[kiramdear]

I actually let the guys use it so my SM58 won't smell like beer.

[Scastles]

It's a great mic for beer breath. Can also be used as a ball peen hammer. Candidly, we used to call them 'doorstops', but heck if they work for what you need them for, call 'em anything you like.

[kiramdear]

Possibly, or an ENG mic.

Thanks, Jeff, but I'm more interested in what it's good for.

Boy, is that a Gracie Allen line? What an airhead

It's a great mic for beer breath. Can also be used as a ball peen hammer. Candidly, we used to call them 'doorstops', but heck if they work for what you need them for, call 'em anything you like.

It was part of a pack of second-hand stuff that I got cheap. I call it God's looking out for me

[Scastles]

It was part of a pack of second-hand stuff that I got cheap. I call it God's looking out for me

Cheap and still works is the best kind. Right next to free.

[kiramdear]

I got an first gen 424 portastudio with original pedal and transformer in working condition, instrument and board cables, three or four good twenty footers and a slew of shorties, two twenty-foot mic cables, that mic and another ****** one, for sixty bucks

[cjj]

You guys beat me to it. I was gonna say those old EV mic's make great hammers and still have a decent sound. They are tougher than nails. I've got an old EV635A that's been kicking around for 30+ years and still going strong...