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Originally Posted by bongo  Sam Cooke died in 1964, so I don' think they would have used a 1073. |
In true gearslutz fashion I was being a smart ass......
The fact is, any gear used in that time period is, IMHO, not EVER going to sound similar in 2009. And therefore, who cares what exact pre was used! You aren't going to find one anyway. Especially the Bill Putnam stuff.......
The ONLY thing to do, and yes this is IMHO, is find what works for you and your client. With the Sam Cooke style, a U47 (it worked for Ray and Frank) personality mic would be cool, but so might one of the 251 flavors. But the only way to find out is to rent/borrow a trunk of mics and shoot em out.
I wish more folks would......wait for it.....Listen, what a concept!
I'm not saying it isn't cool to research historical data, but more folks should be saying that it is just that....data.
Much luck,
Rob