I try not to get too excited about new equipment.  While the search for the utmost transparency between the heart of the music maker and the heart of the listener is a constant here at MPM Studio, the focus is always on the music.  But this new mic!!

The Neumann U 47 is the holy grail of microphones-every instrument and voice on every Beatles recording was captured with one, Frank Sinatra never worked without his.  But the good ones are all 50+ years old, often worn-out, unreliable and hard to find.  Nashville’s legendary mic guru and long-time restorer of old Neumanns Bill Bradley has lovingly recreated this beautiful tool using ‘new old stock’ parts and tubes, and sparing no effort or expense.  This is a singer’s dream mic, although it excels also on solo acoustic guitar, mandolin and fiddle. I had stunning results the other day with the hard-to-capture concertina.  Come try out the Mic Shop MS 47!