sm 57's origins ???? help!

naphazoline · Post by **naphazoline** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:12 am

Timi wrote: The move to China is quite recent, I would say your one was old stock. The move from USA to Mexico was in the early 90s I think.

only got mine 2-3 weeks ago (from the rockshop), and it's from mexico.

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:47 am

IMO - the country of origin for modern appliances and instruments is a red herring. Standards and quality control procedures have risen to meet the market. I'm old enough to remember when Made in Japan was a slur and Made in America was a laughing point. If it wasn't made in England, it was crap.

Today, MIC is quite acceptable and a very large percentage of modern goods are made there, probably more than MIK. I can remember being surprised in the late '70s to find my HP calculator was made in the Phillipines.

Can you imagine how MINZ would seem to the world? Then take a look at Annalesia....

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:21 am

The move from USA to Mexico was in the early 90s I think.

Indeed - my link has the timeline.

Ibanezdude · Post by **Ibanezdude** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:14 pm

the_haunted wrote:
Ibanezdude wrote: Massively n00b sounding question, but where do you find the transformer, and how do you get to it?
It's in the handle of the mic, covered in hot glue. unscrew the middle of the mic, and you should be able to see part of it... maybe. it basically interfaces between the mic cartridge and the mixing desk / preamp.

Yussss, i have a transformer

naphazoline · Post by **naphazoline** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:29 pm

jeez. i hope i didn't cause any paranoia amongst sm57 owners?

Ibanezdude · Post by **Ibanezdude** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:34 pm

haha, nah i've always been open to checking things, as i did get my 57 of trademe. I do wanna hear about everything which can be checked.

naphazoline · Post by **naphazoline** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:24 pm

Ibanezdude wrote:haha, nah i've always been open to checking things, as i did get my 57 of trademe. I do wanna hear about everything which can be checked.

totally understand man. no one wants to be ripped when paying out hard earned coin.

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 9:36 pm

Ibanezdude wrote: Yussss, i have a transformer

is it a decepticon?

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:33 am

totally understand man. no one wants to be ripped when paying out hard earned coin

..and yet we pay taxes

naphazoline · Post by **naphazoline** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 6:40 am

Rog wrote:
totally understand man. no one wants to be ripped when paying out hard earned coin
..and yet we pay taxes

too true. i think i'm getting extra ripped off on taxes, and it's something i'll be looking into early next year.

i must own a strip of the auckland motorway after all the tax i've been stung with this year.

Rog · Post by **Rog** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 7:54 am

BTW mate - what happened to Musical Sounds in NP? I've dealt with Ryland for about 30 years... he used to sell gear from his farm in Urenui.

Ibanezdude · Post by **Ibanezdude** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:03 am

rocklander wrote:
Ibanezdude wrote: Yussss, i have a transformer
is it a decepticon?

Don't think so, looks like a good quality real transformer

naphazoline · Post by **naphazoline** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:44 am

Rog wrote:BTW mate - what happened to Musical Sounds in NP? I've dealt with Ryland for about 30 years... he used to sell gear from his farm in Urenui.

hehe. your showing your age a bit there. that's how i first met him. he had a shed full of gear out the back of his place, and i brought a couple of items off him.

as far as i know, musical services is still going, but as i don't go to new plymouth often i'm not sure where he's situated now,cause he moved shop a while back.
it's a bit of a bummer for him that the likes of the rockshop own the rights to some of the major brand names,otherwise i'd prefer to deal with
him.