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I want to welcome long time lurker and now, Rickenbacker owner to the RRF. Here's what he had to say on another thread:

wallyw26 wrote:Richard's Maple-Glo 360 now has a new home, Mine!

We met through another board several years ago, we're the same age and left-handed. We share the guitar hobby. He's in Houston, I'm in Dallas. We met today in between the two cities and I came home with his 360.

I wiped his fingerprints off of it, tuned it up and all I can say is WOW! Now I understand. My Yamaha and Strat solid bodies are fine guitars. This one is beyond description.

Thanks Richard, I'll take good care of it!

wallyw26 (AKA Wally).

BTW, Wally's an Audio Specialist at Dallas' WFAA. He's the only person I know that collects microphones. Maybe he'll share some of his recording secrets with us.

Thanks Richard! I saw my first Rickenbacker back in the 1960's thanks to the Beatles. In 1968 or so a locally popular band where I grew up had one of the guitarists using a Ric 12 string for some of their songs. Fast forward through a nearly 40 year career in audio/broadcast/television (TV for the last 30 years) and I got the urge to learn how to play guitar. That journey started in 2006 and today I'm probably a little better than I was when I started but for me it's stress release and a creative outlet and that's fine with me.

Yes I collect microphones and use them too. I'm also proficient in Pro Tools HD since I do audio for TV post-production. I'm a heart transplant recipient (March 2007, please consider organ donation).

Married, kids grown, and I have a black lab named Phoebe who's always at my feet when I pick up the guitar, for a few minutes at least.

I look forward to learning more about Rics and hopefully getting to know some of you.

Wally

wallyw26 wrote:... Fast forward through a nearly 40 year career in audio/broadcast/television (TV for the last 30 years)....

My deepest sympathies, Wally.

I'm just shy of 19 years only as a broadcast engineer. Seriously though, welcome aboard.

Welcome to the RRF Wally! Stick around, you can't help but learn everything about Ricks and more from some of the most knowledgeable folks around...

Welcome, Wally!

wallyw26 wrote:I collect microphones....

Wally

Let's see them! I wish I still had my Western Electric 639B.

Yeah, definitely! Old microphones are quite interesting.

OK, I'll admit it. I've still got my old EV635A. Suitable for use as a door stop, hammer, what have you... And it still works... well, as good as it ever did...

All I have these days is an Audix OM5 and a pair of Audio Technica AT4021 mics. The studio I worked at in the early 80's had a very nice collection of mics, including Neumann U67, U87, U47, KM84, AKG 414, 451, 226 (IIRC) stereo, Altec shaker/bottle , Schoeps (I don't recall which ones), EV RE20, RCA 44BX, 77DX, etc., the usual assortment of amazing mics that every studio should have.

Welcome, Wally!

johnallg---I accept your sympathies and send them in return. While I'm more on the production end of things than caps and resistors kind of guy it's a strangely fascinating business. I wish they never had invented surface mount technology though!

jps/cjj---my collection prize is an RCA 77DX that I had totally restored in the late 1990s. My other is a Shure 556 "Fatboy" that dates to the early fifties. It's also known as the 'Elvis Mic.' That too was recently restored (I want an old mic to work and not be a desk piece or a prop). The Western Electric 639B is a tasty microphone. The only one I ever had contact with (back very early in my career) didn't work. The EV 635A is a workhorse to say the least. Sounds pretty good on a loud guitar cabinet. It just doesn't have the bass boost you get with a Shure 57 or a ribbon mic.

My favorite old mic is the Electro Voice 676. Today it's known as the Jim Morrison mic because he apparently used it a time or two onstage with the Doors. Their look has a definite 60's vibe!

wallyw26 wrote:johnallg---I accept your sympathies and send them in return. While I'm more on the production end of things than caps and resistors kind of guy it's a strangely fascinating business. I wish they never had invented surface mount technology though!

jps/cjj---my collection prize is an RCA 77DX that I had totally restored in the late 1990s. My other is a Shure 556 "Fatboy" that dates to the early fifties. It's also known as the 'Elvis Mic.' That too was recently restored (I want an old mic to work and not be a desk piece or a prop). The Western Electric 639B is a tasty microphone. The only one I ever had contact with (back very early in my career) didn't work. The EV 635A is a workhorse to say the least. Sounds pretty good on a loud guitar cabinet. It just doesn't have the bass boost you get with a Shure 57 or a ribbon mic.

My favorite old mic is the Electro Voice 676. Today it's known as the Jim Morrison mic because he apparently used it a time or two onstage with the Doors. Their look has a definite 60's vibe!

I've got one of these: http://www.coutant.org/rca74b/index.html Not too shabby for vocals.

Welcome to the RRF, Wally !

Wally, welcome to the Forum!

Welcome to the forum, Wally!

Welcome! I have a Maple Glo 6 String Righty. They are beautiful Instruments for sure.

Enjoy,

Glenn