The old, saggy-ass elastic bands in the shock mount for my AKG C414 are beyond useless at this point. I recently tried to buy new ones at the local Long & McQuade but they had to do a “special order.” They subsequently phoned me to say the elastics are $19.99 each. So $45.18 all in.
For 2 elastic bands.
So that’s a no.
I see that one of those sketchy Ali Express sites has them for like 6 bucks.
I dunno.
#microphones #music #AKG414
@bgm
Having had long hair my entire adult life…I use old hair elastics. No joke. Typically two-per-shock mount. They seem to last about a year. I do this because I usually have an extra in my pocket so it's quick.
There is a shockmount at a studio where hair ties didn't fit well so I used some elastic cord I picked up from an arts/crafts/sewing supply store literally three blocks away. I think I bought *40 yards* of it for $3 in 2006 and they're still going through it. It makes me laugh because just about every piece of gear in that studio is Black As The Pit Of The Owner's Soul and that elastic cord is White As the Pure Driven Snow. ;)
bgm
Geoff Duncan