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Hand built and custom microphones

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thought about how i was using modern mics and effects, mainly distortion and reverb, to record with and it seemed the next step to me was hand built microphones to record with -

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a few of my first mic builds

#3 / coffee can mic with suspension mount - using a 2 x 3 1/2 inch speaker as the "mic"#2 / bud light "tall boy"" beer can mic with standard mount - using a 20mm piezo as the "mic"#1 / milwaukee's best beer can mic with standard mount - using a 1 1/4 inch headphone speaker as the "mic"videos & or sound samples are on my page if you wanna check out how they sound

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Comment by Brian Revels on November 21, 2014 at 4:42pm: This here is one of my latest builds. I like it better than the last. :-)

http://youtu.be/SZAmA4MJIP8

Comment by Brian Revels on November 21, 2014 at 4:41pm: http://youtu.be/SZAmA4MJIP8

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on November 5, 2014 at 10:24pm: Carved Bone and Rosewood

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on November 5, 2014 at 10:23pm: Carved bone and Big Leaf Maple

Comment by Brian Revels on October 27, 2014 at 12:17pm: Hey 407Bug, Yeah, I wish I could find my old Boy Scout Mouth Harp I had as a kid.

My buddy doing the talking kind of embellished on calling it a condenser. It's actually a dynamic mic core from a mic similar to the one I posted a pic of below. I just wired it to an 8th inch jack and glued it inside.

I am planning another one like it soon, but out of a tall-boy Arnold Palmer can. Thanks for the comment.

Comment by BUGGY (C) on October 27, 2014 at 1:27am: Sounds sweet how did you do the condenser bit?
Recon a harp would sound great on that.

Comment by Brian Revels on October 26, 2014 at 10:56pm: Here's my first Can Mic demo... I hope ya'll like it.

Comment by Brian Revels on October 18, 2014 at 5:37am: Just picked up this uni-directional beauty at a kids consignment for $2.50. I can't wait to get the guts into a cooler, more respectable form (aka a beer, or Monster drink can). :-)

Wanting to do a video of my first two mics I just finished this last week.. Will see if I have time this weekend, totally stoked!