[BC] mic refinishing

[Chris Gebhardt]

Mark Croom wrote:
> I was a little disappointed that last time I opted for refinishing on a
> Shure RE-20 that went in for repair. The paint (and foam capsule supports)
> had been eaten out by disinfectant sprayed on by our in-house Howard Hughes
> germ-obsessive staff member, and it looked so bad I thought refinishing
> would be a good thing. The prep just wasn't what it should have been, so
> while the color was consistent, the thing was "bumpy" because the old finish
> wasn't completely removed.
> 
> The thing sounded new, though, which was what I *really* wanted.

You mean EV RE-20, right?

In a past life when I worked as a live sound tech for a touring band, I 
collected a small pile of Shure SM-57 and SM-58 mics.  They were in 
varying condition from "usable" to "crapped out".  My guitar player says 
"dude, send them to Shure - they'll set you up."   He was right.  Sent 
them in along with $25/mic and a few weeks later we got them back as 
good as new.   Amazing.

I remembered that a couple years ago when I ran across 4 or 5 more of 
the dead road warriors.   Shure still offers the refurb plan, but now I 
think it's up to $50/mic.   I sent them all in and I would swear I got 
new mics back.  Honestly... they arrived in new retail boxes and 
everything.  I truly think they just replaced them.

Since it was only for personal use, I debated if the $50/each was worth 
it.  Then I compared that with buying new ones retail.

Chris Gebhardt
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