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hollywood_steve · 2nd July 2002

Wurly, since you are someone who is spending a lot of time studying mic stands, I'm just curious on your opinion of the grip/lighting stands as portable mic stands?

You can put together an Atlas-killer for about $250-$300 and surpass the Starbird for about double that. The biggest problem with the grip stands is that the customer has to put some effort into the process: select a stand from one company, a boom from another, add a "drop down pin" and finally a mic thread adapter. To do it successfully, it would probably take anyone at least a few hours just to learn what you need to know to assemble the right collection of parts. But I still think its worth the effort.

For anyone in LA, just drop in to the Mole Richardson Studio Depot on LaBrea. It's like Disneyland for stand junkies.

2nd July 2002	#13
hollywood_steve Lives for gear Joined: Jun 2002 Location: uh..... Hollywood Posts: 1,242 Thread Starter	my new boom Wurly, since you are someone who is spending a lot of time studying mic stands, I'm just curious on your opinion of the grip/lighting stands as portable mic stands? You can put together an Atlas-killer for about $250-$300 and surpass the Starbird for about double that. The biggest problem with the grip stands is that the customer has to put some effort into the process: select a stand from one company, a boom from another, add a "drop down pin" and finally a mic thread adapter. To do it successfully, it would probably take anyone at least a few hours just to learn what you need to know to assemble the right collection of parts. But I still think its worth the effort. For anyone in LA, just drop in to the Mole Richardson Studio Depot on LaBrea. It's like Disneyland for stand junkies.