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Mid show, the my guitar amp mic just quit working. Swapped cable, mixer channels. Turned out the mic just died mid show. Should I pitch it, or is it possibly a simple fix? I have zero soldering skills.

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Mics can "just die". In fact almost anything electronic has the capability to "just die". It could be worse, the mic could have spit out a bunch of wierd frequencies/pops and caused harm to the rest of the system before you could shut it off.

 

As for fixing the mic, what brand & model is it? Shure has had a long standing policy of letting owners send in dead mics and "fixing" them (more like they send you a rebuilt one and rebuild yours too look like new and send to the next guy) for a small fee (About $60 IIRC).

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Mics can "just die". In fact almost anything electronic has the capability to "just die". It could be worse, the mic could have spit out a bunch of wierd frequencies/pops and caused harm to the rest of the system before you could shut it off.


As for fixing the mic, what brand & model is it? Shure has had a long standing policy of letting owners send in dead mics and "fixing" them (more like they send you a rebuilt one and rebuild yours too look like new and send to the next guy) for a small fee (About $60 IIRC).

 

 

It's an AKG I think. It's probably 20 years old, so I shouldn't complain.

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It's an AKG I think. It's probably 20 years old, so I shouldn't complain.

 

 

 

I would head over to AKG's web site and see if they have a mic repair policy posted. If not, try to find an phone number to give them a call about it.

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No.


I am just familiar with the results of this chord through 20 year old AKG mics. Just thank the lord that you are still here to tell your story.


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I'm just thankful I didn't add a flatted 5th.

 

I think the real problem is that I decided to give my backup amp a shot that night. It's a Carvin Nomad. Maybe I should start a thread "Carvin amps destroy mics".

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I'm just thankful I didn't add a flatted 5th.


I think the real problem is that I decided to give my backup amp a shot that night. It's a Carvin Nomad. Maybe I should start a thread "Carvin amps destroy mics".

 

Wait a sec...

 

:confused: Did you say a Carvin Nomad? :confused:

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