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susiwong · Post by **susiwong** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:42 pm

xtp wrote:The Blonde in your pic looks hot.

It looks very similar to a Barney Kessel but with more snazzy F-holes.

Similar shape, that's all.
The BK is a hollow body jazz guitar made out of laminate woods, pre-65 models had a laminated spruce top, later ones laminated maple.
The JA is essentially built like an LP, but with a large cavity carved out of the solid mahogany back.
It's also much smaller than the BK.
Cheers,
susiwong

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:43 pm

OT but for some reason my sm 57 just died, never dropped, never gigged with, the only time it left the house was last year when I moved here...so I have no idea what coud have happened. I have two condensors in there (one of the original MXL large dia and my cuosin's company's (Gauge) large dia miking my cab now. maybe the pawn shop will have a used sm 57 sometime

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 7:54 pm

Hink wrote:OT but for some reason my sm 57 just died

That's a bit like saying one of the pyramids just fell down.

I thought those things were almost indestructible.

nix808 · Post by **nix808** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:02 pm

As it turns out I just got this:-

That sucks Hink.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:29 pm

robojam wrote:
Hink wrote:OT but for some reason my sm 57 just died
That's a bit like saying one of the pyramids just fell down.

I thought those things were almost indestructible.

that's what I thought

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:35 pm

Any chance it got phantom power fired into it by accident (a good friend with a presonus interface fuggled a few dynamics by accident doing it). If not that then any dry solder joints? If not a new capsule should be cheap to get hold of J mate. Sorry i can not help more/hope that helps some

Dean

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:39 pm

We have a 1964 ES-345 in stock. It's only OK, nothing particularly fantastic. All the Asian semi-hollowbodies I've played have been atrocious, including my Epiphone Emperor Regent and the early-80's Ibanez ES-335 I used to have.

Uncle E · Post by **Uncle E** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:42 pm

Dean Aka Nekro wrote:If not a new capsule should be cheap to get hold of J mate.

That might very well be true, actually. We order a lot of upgrade parts for SH-55

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:46 pm

Dean Aka Nekro wrote:Any chance it got phantom power fired into it by accident (a good friend with a presonus interface fuggled a few dynamics by accident doing it). If not that then any dry solder joints? If not a new capsule should be cheap to get hold of J mate. Sorry i can not help more/hope that helps some

Dean

not only is there a chance it is an affirmative and I am using a presonus firestudio. But I have never heard of phantom power damaging a mic an especially not an sm 57...I already checked the wiring, who's J mate?

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:59 pm

Hink wrote:
Dean Aka Nekro wrote:Any chance it got phantom power fired into it by accident (a good friend with a presonus interface fuggled a few dynamics by accident doing it). If not that then any dry solder joints? If not a new capsule should be cheap to get hold of J mate. Sorry i can not help more/hope that helps some

Dean
not only is there a chance it is an affirmative and I am using a presonus firestudio. But I have never heard of phantom power damaging a mic an especially not an sm 57...I already checked the wiring, who's J mate?

I've heard of old carbon crystal mics (commonly used for harmonicas or in old telephone handsets) getting fried by phantom power but never a dynamic and certainly not an SM-57. That is a weird one.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:10 pm

I could see them getting fried by additional current, but not additional voltage.

vurt · Post by **vurt** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:11 pm

Hink wrote: who's J mate?

probably "john" maybe

xtp · Post by **xtp** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 9:54 pm

susiwong wrote:
xtp wrote:The Blonde in your pic looks hot.

It looks very similar to a Barney Kessel but with more snazzy F-holes.
Similar shape, that's all.
The BK is a hollow body jazz guitar made out of laminate woods, pre-65 models had a laminated spruce top, later ones laminated maple.
The JA is essentially built like an LP, but with a large cavity carved out of the solid mahogany back.
It's also much smaller than the BK.
Cheers,
susiwong

Sound Cool. Unfortunately theres little likelihood I'll ever see one unless I go overseas for a holiday. The only Gibsons they have in the shops here are Les Pauls and SGs. I dont even bother using the local shops anymore, I generally import anything I want from the U.S.

Dean Aka Nekro · Post by **Dean Aka Nekro** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:05 pm

Well i could not figure how the friend in question fried them either but he did it! As Justin and robojam said its probably not likely and the dyamics fried were cheap, i doubt worse quality is available...Yes John is right John and with "J Mate" I indeed mean John

Now i am all confused

Hmm it is an odd/chance coincidence that you both use the same Presonus interface (I thought that you used a Focusrite interface for some reason which i can not explain). He was leaving the lot plugged in and it did (like most stuff) when powered up and down by the computer make a big loud pop through his monitors (do not know if same pop is at all related to the mic-amp part/path)

Yeah i know about the 57's rep of being unbreakable but

It happened. Good news Eric can get hold of a capsule which i would hazard a guess to be the culprit if all the solder is fine should you feel it is worth fixing vs. finding a used one cheap

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 11:22 pm

vurt wrote:
Hink wrote: who's J mate?
probably "john" maybe

Your next guitar?