MXL990...Don't laugh

[frankencat]

Yes I confess, I bought one of these when they first came out. I used it for vocals on one song and thought it was so bad it has been sitting on the shelf for about 2 years. The other day I was goofing around with some guitar tracks and I broke it out and miked up my Mesa Rectoverb and My Fender Blues Jr and recorded some tracks. They came out KILLER! Haha, I love this kind of stuff :D

[AndrewSimon]

Almost all studios with their $8K-$20K Neumann's will have the MXL990 in their collection as well.... so you are in a good company.

;)

[frankencat]

Hehe, awesome.

[greggorypeccary]

I record stuff for fun at home and have a couple of cheap MXLs. I could use "real" mics and I'd still sound like a hack recording stuff in my house. Everything has a place & purpose.

[Croakus]

I have one of the early "Mogami" versions of that mic. I use it for exactly the same purpose and nothing else. Sitting in front of a 2/12 cab that thing sounds fantastic.

Of course anywhere else I use it . . . .

But it's GREAT on guitar.

[1bender]

Croakus, how does one tell if they have a "Mogami" version 990? What's the dif between that version and newer ones? I have one of the original ones and like most people learned it definitely has it's place.

[Blamepro_Admin]

I'm not laughing, either. I've used the occasional 990 to record acoustic guitars and they sound quite nice. Especially for the price!

[Croakus]

Croakus, how does one tell if they have a "Mogami" version 990? What's the dif between that version and newer ones? I have one of the original ones and like most people learned it definitely has it's place.

Mine has Mogami printed on the mic under the model number. I plug it into the same junky XLR cable I use with all my project studio mics so it probably means nothing.

[otaypanky]

I bought a 990 and a 991 packaged together with an M-Audio 'Audio Buddy' pre-amp at a Memorial Day sale at G.C., all for $99. I love 'em. However, I had better results on vocals and acoustic guitar than a miced combo ~ Probably due to my lack of experience micing an amp ~

[tedm]

I like this LDC a lot, the often discounted price on MF is worth the shock mount alone.