I didn’t really intend to make this a product.
I was getting a few parts, and needed to spend more to meet the minimum shipping requirements. I saw some parts for a condenser mic and thought it would be cool to build something like this.
I made one for me and was having a lot of fun with it, so I mentioned it on my Instagram and a lot of people were interested, so I decided to refine the design a bit and make it available.
Frankly, it’s a weird thing. It is very sensitive, and has a fairly flat EQ. It takes a 9V power supply, and the output jack is for a regular instrument cable.
I’ve not really used many microphones, and didn’t really want to spend the time or money buying something when I had no intention of using it traditionally - I wanted to be able to use effects, and every time I look at DI boxes and the like, I end up feeling kinda dumb. This mic works more or less like you’d expect a guitar to - you just plug it in and play around, so there’s really no learning curve to it.
At the time of this writing, I don’t have any in stock, but I think The Melody Maker in Clinton, MA may have some (you might need to go to their physical shop though, I’m not totally sure).
When I was designing and building this, I was really obsessed with trying to make new things with PCBs from other projects. This is built with an Earth v2 PCB, but basically every value is changed, some parts are added, and some other removed.
I’m not really sure about building anymore of these. Let me know if you want one and I will see what I can do!