Turtlerock Forum

tunetown wrote:Yeh thanks. I'm willing to be the guinea pig. You've no doubt heard the story of the ugly duckling....

I agree it's not the prettiest mic, but, with the most special custom MBHO GmbH capsule, arguably the best in the world currently, Oliver Archut hand wired electronics and transformers, and a new old stock 1970's Blackburn Mullard tube, together with consultation from 2 retired original designers from the Old Telefunken, I recon this Ugly Duckling has all the ingredients to be one hell of a black swan.

If not, Oh well, you win some...you lose some... There's always Ebay.

Cheers

I'm not sure how much I am allowed to reveal about the process that produces the metal finish. I await guidance from Terry and Oliver on that score.

But it's definitely not powder coat, paint or plating, and far more durable than all of the above finishes. I have now dazzled the principles from 2 different plating firms that had never seen a finish like the CS-1 has. My computer won't allow me to make the encircled "R" symbol so I won't use Terry's trademarked name without it......but it is one good-looking and seriously permanent finish.

Fairly deep into the prototyping process a thought occurred to me, due to the nearly indestructible nature of the mic body and swivel, and the incredible quality of the design, the electronics and capsule that goes inside, that CS-1's will still be in use 50 to 100 years from now, we are making parts for microphones that will outlast us by many, many decades. It's kind of humbling.

TimS wrote:Handmade in Gaylord says it all... ;-)

tunetown wrote:

TimS wrote:Handmade in Gaylord says it all... ;-)

:-)

I knew I should have deleted that line...... Trust you Tim to highlight it.

Apparently they've got some good punch in the bottom end...

;-)

Thirteen wrote:If I were to buy one I would insist on buying a spare tube or two as well. As their site points out, it is a rare Mullard that they seem to imply that they hold all of the stocks in existence. While they guarantee in good faith to supply these tubes at low cost for life, if something happened and they went into receivership all of those tubes could finish up in an auction house somewhere sold to heaven knows who, and they may fall out of circulation or be bought at pennies in the dollar by someone who might not be so generous with their pricing.

tunetown wrote:

Thirteen wrote:If I were to buy one I would insist on buying a spare tube or two as well. As their site points out, it is a rare Mullard that they seem to imply that they hold all of the stocks in existence. While they guarantee in good faith to supply these tubes at low cost for life, if something happened and they went into receivership all of those tubes could finish up in an auction house somewhere sold to heaven knows who, and they may fall out of circulation or be bought at pennies in the dollar by someone who might not be so generous with their pricing.

After paying my 50% deposit I was just informed that all mics are shipped in steel flight case, beautiful wooden box with 1 spare tube. I might even buy another few tubes just to be sure.

Cheers

tunetown wrote:

TimS wrote:Handmade in Gaylord says it all... ;-)

:-)

I knew I should have deleted that line...... Trust you Tim to highlight it.

Apparently they've got some good punch in the bottom end...

;-)

Thirteen wrote:

tunetown wrote:

Thirteen wrote:If I were to buy one I would insist on buying a spare tube or two as well. As their site points out, it is a rare Mullard that they seem to imply that they hold all of the stocks in existence. While they guarantee in good faith to supply these tubes at low cost for life, if something happened and they went into receivership all of those tubes could finish up in an auction house somewhere sold to heaven knows who, and they may fall out of circulation or be bought at pennies in the dollar by someone who might not be so generous with their pricing.

After paying my 50% deposit I was just informed that all mics are shipped in steel flight case, beautiful wooden box with 1 spare tube. I might even buy another few tubes just to be sure.

Cheers

Sounds like those guys are doing things the right way. I hope the mic is fantastic, it would be great to see the birth of a real modern classic.

rick wrote:about ten years ago lenny kravitz came to town to do one private show for the record company to vibe them up for the new release (audience of 100!)
his sound guy had a rack of lucas tube stuff and i had never seen it before or since !
later in the night lenny told me it was all custom built for him :)
i guess TM was a bit slower on the internet marketing in those days :)

Ausrock wrote:Reports from people who have already received their GB mics would indicate that they're decent "bang for the buck" and that we should be satisfied with what we receive, however, they are essentially "off the shelf" Chinese mics. Chance Pataki needed a respected "name" to give credence to the gear he's sourcing and for whatever reason, Terry Manning got involved. In all likelyhood, this current GB is probably being used as a PR exercise to establish a reputation in preparation for the introduction of additional (Chinese) gear they are planning on introducing.

Some people are already aware that months ago I was offered considerable (o/seas) assistance should I wish to run a GB. This assistance involved direct access to exactly the same gear that Chance is sourcing, it is nothing particularly special regardless of the claims made by various people.

Apologies for hijacking the thread.