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Posted 1 year ago
decosound
(11 items)
About a month ago I bought this unkown microphone. The seller told me it looked like a "Trix" mic, but the photo of the "Trix" that he showed looked more like a Grampian that anything else. So I'm putting this up to see if anybody can help identify it. By the design and the materials used to make it, I would guess it's European. Inside, it has a huge magnet (bottom photo on the left), which makes the whole mic weigh 1,55kg (3.4 lbs). On the back of the magnet there's a clue that might help. It has "LS" (or "SL") engraved on it. I don't think they are initials of a past owner, since taking out the magnet was a bit difficult. Besides, people usually engrave on the outside body of the mic.
I usually don't like to mess around with the color or chroming of vintage mics, but since it came in such bad shape (see the top 2 photos on the left), I decided to chrome it. I had a hard time sanding it down to take out most of the imperfections, but I think came out alright. Although I did question myself if it would look better if I painted the back part of the mic black, so it would look more like the original thing.
MicrophonesFor most of us, the phrase "vintage microphone" conjures the image of an ol…
I like the "Mercedes Benz" front! Try contacting Mr. James U. Steele from the website http://www.k-bay106.com/photos.htm. He has a VERY extensive collection.
Good Luck!
Thanks for your help, Bobber57!
I will definitely try contacting him!
After a quick look at his site, I learned that unfortunately he passed away in november of last year. As a fellow collector, I was sad to hear about that.
It has been some time since I went to his site and missed that fact entirely. He will be missed by many.