Author Topic: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s) (Read 1593 times)

Argo · « **on:** May 30, 2007, 08:38:00 AM »

http://cgi.ebay.ca/TWO-SONY-ECM-51-S-VINTA...1QQcmdZViewItem

I've seen Gene used the gold handled one a scattered time during MG74. Just thought it was the black coming off the handle, but looks like there was infact a gold handled model

Cheers

Mike Tennant · « **Reply #1 on:** May 30, 2007, 11:55:41 AM »

I see more than one person is hoping to get a Rayburn-length mic out of this, based on the questions that have been asked.

Kevin Prather · « **Reply #2 on:** May 30, 2007, 12:43:39 PM »

Darn. I'd bid on that if it wasn't already up to $172.50.

TheLastResort · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2007, 08:11:07 PM »

I thought Gene's mic was a custom made job...at least the telescoping feature.

toddyo · « **Reply #4 on:** May 30, 2007, 11:09:33 PM »

I can remember, back in 81 or 82, another mic producer had a knockoff of the Sony/Rayburn microphone.

Does anyone else remember this mic? I can't remember the manufacturer. It took a large hearing aid battery versus the AA battery normally needed for the ECMs.

mrchips · « **Reply #5 on:** May 31, 2007, 09:57:58 AM »

[quote name=\'TheLastResort\' post=\'153836\' date=\'May 30 2007, 07:11 PM\']
I thought Gene's mic was a custom made job...at least the telescoping feature.[/quote]
Well, yes and no. Garden-variety ECM-51s telescoped, and that's what Gene was issued for several years. However, according to some long-ago posts in ATGS, he was notorious for "fencing demonstrations" and other rough handling that often led to broken contacts inside the neck. (I recall a clip from that 1996-or-7 VH1 special in which Gene's '51 was visibly crooked.) The custom-built mic with the one-piece neck came along later--say, by the Star Wheel days.

geno57 · « **Reply #6 on:** May 31, 2007, 12:04:19 PM »

Aw, dammit, I just shelled out more than 600 smackers for a new mic and accessories. I want a 51!