[Harp-L] The Fireball.....

["Tom Ellis" <tomsmics@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My two cents:  I think the problem Sonny has with this mic is that the guys who developed it have a number of folks out there trying to convince people--myself included--that the mic is a great substitute for a traditional bullet, and that it overdrives and distorts like one, too.  Because a number of "blues" players have them now--and who knows what kind of endorsement agreement stands behind that ownership, or if they will ever use the mic--they seem to be trying to convince traditional blues players that there's a new substitute out there.  They are probably wrong.

I had a chance to test one, albeit through a PA, last weekend.  It had a bright, midrange response, not much different than an SM58.  In fact, to my ears--and I did NOT have a chance to A-B the mics for a comparison--it did not have nearly the bottom or presence of a vintage 545 (4-pin) set up to run low impedance through the PA, or my own personal low impedance favorite, the AKG D770.  

As I always tell my friends when some new product is announced or advertised as used by so-and-so:  Let's see it on stage, in their hands, not next week, but next YEAR.  That will tell us if they REALLY like it.....TOM ELLIS/Tom's Mics