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Pam The Thirteenth Floor
Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 1311 Location: Chicago, Il
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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:51 pm Post subject: Shock Mount elastic replacements? |
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Greetings collective - my U87 shock mount's elastics are terribly stretched out and need to be replaced as they aren't guarding against any shocking but just weakly leaning to one side. And of course I'm looking for the DIY $1.25 version of how to replace these instead of purchasing them from Neumann as my Benjamins have better things to attend to. Anybody have any suggestions of what materials I can use? Do hair elastics work at all? I'm open to try anything, at least with regards to the above request. Thanks! _________________ Pam Tierney
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todd ellis A Zillion
Joined: 02 Jan 2007 Posts: 10491 Location: little egypt
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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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what about just going to the fabric store and picking up a couple feet of elastic band + some metal "Crimp tubes". or just tie it together, preferably with a double sheet bend. _________________ "i know philip banks": todd ellis
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Pam The Thirteenth Floor
Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 1311 Location: Chicago, Il
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todd ellis A Zillion
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Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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double sheet bend
it's good for tying together two ends of something not previously tied together. _________________ "i know philip banks": todd ellis
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Dayo Cinquecento
Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 544 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 5:10 am Post subject: |
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I'd bite the bullet and go for a genuine Neumann spare. You could spend a lot of time trying to make a DIY solution that may, or may not be 100% secure. I wouldn't have the patience myself and why take risks with your baby? _________________ Colin Day - UK Voiceover
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Mike Harrison M&M
Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 2029 Location: Equidistant from New York City and Philadelphia, along the NJ Shore
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todd ellis A Zillion
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 6:47 am Post subject: |
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yeah - but where's the fun in that??? you could spend nine hours & $36 making one of your own! _________________ "i know philip banks": todd ellis
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Bruce Boardmeister
Joined: 06 Jun 2005 Posts: 7924 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 9:48 am Post subject: |
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Scruncis you find in the hair care department of your local drug/department store are basically the same thing, cloth covered rubber bands. You might try those if you can find the proper size and strength.
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Pam The Thirteenth Floor
Joined: 21 Jul 2006 Posts: 1311 Location: Chicago, Il
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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That's what I was thinking Bruce. And since I have shorter hair now I have a bunch of them lying around. I'll see what I can rig up. If not, I'll go the Ellis route and see if that works. Last resort I can always bite the bullet and get them from Neumann. Thanks all! _________________ Pam Tierney
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Bish 3.5 kHz
Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Posts: 3738 Location: Lost in the cultural wasteland of Long Island
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Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe I shouldn't be so quick to admit to owning a whole bunch of Scuncis... but I do. I've used them for mic mount elastics. If in doubt about their strength or reliability... just double them up.
Little know fact... the shock mount that comes included with some sub-$150 microphones is as well-built and solid as the Neumann EA87 mount... which retails at B&H for $379 ... sometimes, you pay for a name... sometimes it's worth it... sometimes not.
Try the "already laying in drawer" solution before splurging $11.95 each for the Neumann ones... although they are probably made to exacting German engineering standards. (sarcasm alert).
Of course... the other side to this argument is: "Why have a $3,500 microphone only to fix it with a hair-tie?" _________________ Bish a.k.a. Bish
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Dayo Cinquecento
Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 544 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2016 1:52 am Post subject: |
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Bish wrote: |
Of course... the other side to this argument is: "Why have a $3,500 microphone only to fix it with a hair-tie?" |
Exactly.... _________________ Colin Day - UK Voiceover
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