tailfeather torpedo V2
Sun, 07/17/2011 - 05:35
Dear Mr. Hasenpusch,
have you heard of these things and if so, what are your thoughts about them?
http://www.thetailfeathermicrophonecompany.com/microphones_6/tailfeather...
S.H. Sir,
I'm familiar with the family tree but haven't been inside this particular branch...
Both BUSHMAN and NADY marketed mics of the "TORPEDO" design -Chinese copies of the ASTATIC JT-30 / BLUES BLASTER profile with venting cast into the body. The BUSHMAN and NADY models were LOW-Z dynamics, so I'd be interested to see what makes the HI-Z TAILFEATHER tick. Its response curve appears to be that of a dynamic as well... The native LOW-Z contemporary dynamic models could be plugged directly into a LOW-Z mixer / P.A. David Barrett liked their design for vocals and doing hand-articulated effects. I'm not fond of the positioning of the XLR output connector on any of them -and as with the BLUES BLASTER, being HI-Z means the XLR connector isn't required. Many of the early issues were troubled by pinched wiring and bad continuity. I've repaired a bunch.
I've used a couple of the BUSHMAN units to build very cool light fixtures...