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Microphones made from repurposed shotgun shells. Heard about them during an interview with clipping. Thoughts? Might grab one for fun.

http://www.12gaugemicrophones.com/products.html

When they first came out I remember reading the breakdown of their initial offering. Basically cheap mics with a premium for a cooler casing. Not sure if anything has changed as that was a while ago, and that is not necessarily a bad thing.

Good for flavor mics, not necessarily what you want as your mains. The price is good enough that it doesn't hurt to try them

I was low key wondering if it was all flash. TBH, for what I have in mind it might not be bad at all.

at least for making noise. Or smushing into a plate of glass.

Here's the original gearslutz thread where the owner goes into a bit more detail. There are some drum samples on the second page by a 3rd party. Page 3 has a mix, but it is oddly compressed. He posted the multi too, not sure if it's unmixed though.

The mics are unbalanced electret capsules. So it may act a little funky on some pre's, but should be fine on most pre amps.

In the words of the maker,

Brad Martin wrote:I just hope folks accept them as what they are, $35 omni electrets that look like shotgun shells!

Glorifies and promotes violence IMO.

very tempting...

At first I thought it was gonna be a horrible price, but that's not bad.

Its the right price for me to wanna try it at least.

maybe we should split a box set? $25 off 5 mics. i'd go for at least two of the blue condensers or maybe the red ones.

waltdogg wrote:maybe we should split a box set? $25 off 5 mics. i'd go for at least two of the blue condensers or maybe the red ones.

Dude im down.

Blue red and green for me. Get the whole spectrum.

Again, cheap doesn't mean bad. And they are reasonably priced.

Enjoy the mics y'all

Only if I can load one in a 12g and record it dying.

These are right up my alley. I was going to comment in the GAS thread yesterday; Thanks for posting BP! I was just thinking how I want more mics on my amp without spending a minimum of $100 per mic. Now I can get three mics for one SM 57.