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hayes0444

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Re: Mystery 'U87'
« Reply #15 on: May 09, 2023, 05:56:22 PM »
Not to derail the thread but I also recently had a U77 that, when I contacted Neumann about dating it, supposedly was made "special order" in 1983. 

Has anyone else heard of that? That's much later than I thought they were made.
 
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klaus

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Re: Mystery 'U87'
« Reply #16 on: May 09, 2023, 09:42:54 PM »
The latest U77 I have on file: #17929 delivered June, 1972.

Get the serial number! It may add information to that claim.
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Re: Mystery 'U87'
« Reply #17 on: May 09, 2023, 10:14:04 PM »
serial is 27736
purple badge, made in western germany, U77 on the base
maybe the tuchel was replaced by a later xlr?
neumann says ordered special in 1983. Asked twice for clarification
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Re: Mystery 'U87'
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2023, 12:32:19 AM »
The head is a late model replacement, probably due to the brittle plastic used in the mid 1970s (see typical cracks of the material in the amp head, which had not been replaced)
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