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Title: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s)
Post by: Argo on May 30, 2007, 08:38:00 AM

http://cgi.ebay.ca/TWO-SONY-ECM-51-S-VINTA...1QQcmdZViewItem (http://\"http://cgi.ebay.ca/TWO-SONY-ECM-51-S-VINTAGE-RECORDING-MICS-MICROPHONE_W0QQitemZ220116797851QQihZ012QQcategoryZ41466QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem\")

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

Title: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s)
Post by: Mike Tennant 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.

Title: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s)
Post by: Kevin Prather on May 30, 2007, 12:43:39 PM

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

Title: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s)
Post by: TheLastResort on May 30, 2007, 08:11:07 PM

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

Title: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s)
Post by: toddyo 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.

Title: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s)
Post by: mrchips 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 (http://\"http://groups.google.com/groups?as_q=rayburn&num=100&scoring=d&hl=en&as_epq=fencing&as_oq=&as_eq=&as_ugroup=alt.tv.game-shows&as_usubject=&as_uauthors=&lr=&as_drrb=q&as_qdr=&as_mind=1&as_minm=1&as_miny=1981&as_maxd=31&as_maxm=5&as_maxy=2007&safe=off\") 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.

Title: Up for Bids (2 - ECM 51s)
Post by: geno57 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!