seedyunderbelly.com wrote on Tue, 09 September 2008 09:45 |
Hi JJ
How did it compare with a real U47?
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John, I have an original U47, serviced by Bill Bradley, which is a really great sounding example of a 47. I've A/B'd against other vintage 47s as well as new clones, and it always stood up with the vintage ones, and was always better than the clones. It's not one of the magical 47s, but it's a really good one.
When I got Barry's mic, I preferred mine to his. However, when I was done with Barry's mic, I liked the sound of it better than my 47. I'd been waiting for this one record to get finished, so I can do all the same things to my mic that I did to Barry's. We keep having to go back and grab vocals in spots on songs, so I'd been leaving it in order to keep the tone consistent.
That record is finished though, so it will probably happen this week, as soon as I get my M49s off my bench.
Bill had done some things I find curious, such as increasing the voltage on the PSU, and using a 2.2