[BC] Re: mic refinishing

[Mark Croom]

Yes of course. *sigh*
Brain dead today I guess. 'Twas indeed the ubiquitous EV RE-20 I was
referring to.

Shouldn't be brain-dead on Friday...but there it is out there for everybody
to see.

BTW I think you may be right about the 58s sent to Shure for refurb. Every
time I've done it I've gotten them back with the zipper bags and everything
and I've never sent anything but the crapped out, abused original. We've got
a bunch of these we use at church and when they get flakey I send 'em out
and they are great about getting replacements to us.

Mark
MN

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:55 AM, Chris Gebhardt <chris at virtbiz.com> wrote:

>
> 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
> VIRTBIZ Internet Services
> chris at virtbiz.com | (972) 485-4125
>
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