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normally i wouldnt bother with this sort of post but it has amused me no end
never seen the likes of it before and probably wont again
two mint u47 fet consecutive serial numbers AND gold plated

got to be worth a look in if your feeling rich !

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Neumann-U47-feti ... 500wt_1188

I really need to stop check the for sale section.. thanks rick

Mein gott im himmel!!!

Pardon me if I am wrong but that mic should not have a black badge right?
Also it looks like the gold plating has been done over the original engraving and paint for the cardioid logo and switches on the back.
Also the cardioid logo seems to be upsidown?

I always heard U47's were worth their weight in gold......

peat wrote:Pardon me if I am wrong but that mic should not have a black badge right?
Also it looks like the gold plating has been done over the original engraving and paint for the cardioid logo and switches on the back.
Also the cardioid logo seems to be upsidown?

Are you trying to suggest this beautiful piece of craftmanship might not have come out of the factory like that?

I think you're right, and as a fet mic it should have a Purple badge, just like an 87.

maybe its John Laws lost microphone...

I see a purple badge , I also reckon its a factory thing
in another time line I would own them


ugly as bling , but at least you can get a pair

Don't count on it!

The guy seems to mostly sell star wars figurines and now is flogging a suspiciously gold set of high end microphones?

Actually, come to think of it I must think about flogging off all those X-files action figures sitting atop my EMI console.

Hmmm, seller refurbished with 88% feedback. My thinks to steer clear.

I wouldn't touch them...

Rick - This mount looks like it belongs @ yours with all of the other contraptions .... This has to take the cake for the coolest mount I eva seen!!!

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Spinne-Neumann-K ... 41642e7dd8

BTW : Did anyone buy Gregs FET ?? He normally is on the money with responding, but I haven't been able to raise him since last Fri.

geareyes wrote:I wouldn't touch them...

Rick - This mount looks like it belongs @ yours with all of the other contraptions .... This has to take the cake for the coolest mount I eva seen!!!

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Spinne-Neumann-K ... 41642e7dd8

i saw that already mike and i am watching it
but really i am on my 12 step program on ebay i havent bought anything in well over 6 months

those fet 47 are the last series made the guy has had them in a display case for 20 years , i have seen the 87 and the 84 and the fet stereo donkey dick of the same run of gold , i reckon they are real they are 1 serial number apart ( there are two ) , i would bet on them being a display case promo item before seinhieser bought in

you guys can call scam , i would be calling collectable oddity .. if it was easy to know the difference we would all have everything .. and of coarse we dont

rick wrote:i saw that already mike and i am watching it
but really i am on my 12 step program on ebay i havent bought anything in well over 6 months

Yes, Ebay abstinence is a bullet proof form of Neumann contraception!

Do you know what that mount is for?

Just in case you are considering these Rick, they are not quite 1 serial apart:
5245
5294

i suspect its the german broadcast version of a cable wired location boom cradle
so you can tilt the mic angle via a cable

but it doesnt look west / neumann nor mole richardson

my guess is its east or maybe shoeps certainly very 50s

in another timeline it would be mine !

stick your m49 clamp it on the tuchel
run it up a electric golf cart of a mic stand use a long wired cable to adjust the angle and the drop

and freak the hell out of the nice neighbours 16 year old daughter you are teaching to make records in your spare time

geareyes wrote:BTW : Did anyone buy Gregs FET ?? He normally is on the money with responding, but I haven't been able to raise him since last Fri.

Pretty sure NickF was early in the line, but I saw he also asked Greg if his PM was received earlier this week. I also sent a PM but think I was too late in. I've seen those mics coming out of Greg's magical cupboard, and I'm just going to post him my credit card I reckon.

Hey fellas
Happy to say I ended up grabbing Greg's 47 fet
Sorry to disappoint anyone!

Geez Lee! Options are few & far between up here.How could you.....

Grats Lee (you dirty dog!)

hey thanks fellas
Mike! I think you got plenty of fine pickings up there

Jokes Lee!! You're gonna love it!!

If this was my mic & it's job was to capture Kicks or cabs, I would take out the old mint K47 capsule & replace it with a New K47 from Neumann.Keeping the K47 orig to the mic up my sleeve for later!

Lee Cardan wrote:Hey fellas
Happy to say I ended up grabbing Greg's 47 fet
Sorry to disappoint anyone!

Agh ya bastard! Haha Enjoy!

So this character has had the mics gold plated himself. Not self executed but commissioned to a professional according to the ad. Why would one do that?

^ cant record lil' wayne without icing out, and or blingin' up the recording equipment, look more on the net, you'll probably find matching gold plated mic pres

I think he did it so the mics would match his teeth?

Well, turns out Rick's nose did smell roses!

Nope, Angus.