Thinking about those Cascade Fathead II for OH. Any else using ribbons for OH?

redddog · 25th April 2007

Those things look incredibly good and ridiculously cheap.

Anyone use Ribbons for overheads? I know they'll be great as a Blumlein pair on acoustic and vox but I was wondering about OH.

I've just had a couple of MC-012s done with the Dorsey mod and I'm wondering if I should sell those and just use those Fatheads. Could I use that Fathead pair as a replacement for the Oktavas or do I need to keep a pair of pencils around?

Whatcha think?

I do alt/country, folky, Ethan Johns type rock. Or at least I aspire to that type of stuff.

redddog · 25th April 2007

Anyone? OH's? Acoustics? Anyone? Fatheads?

redddog · 25th April 2007

Anyone using Cascades for anything?

Check... Check 1 - 2. Is this thing on?

celticrogues · 25th April 2007

I've used my Fathead I's on acoustic guitar, fiddle, and trumpet - I like them a lot. I haven't tried them on drums yet but other people in other threads have, and posted samples.
These people like them too:
Cascade FATHEAD
Cascade Fatheads coming today!
Cheap Ribbons?
Anyone use Cascade Mics?
Cascade Fathead II
Cascade ribbon mics
Affordable Ribbon: Shinybox or Cascade Fathead

Funny thing is this is the second time I've replied to a thread about the Cascade Fathead with a list of other threads about...the Cascade Fathead

Cheers
-Mike

scrubs · 25th April 2007

Even in my small, partially treated room, I often prefer ribbons as OH. I have used an unbranded chinese ribbon that closely resembles the fathead as an OH, and it works great. I also like the Nady RSM2 for that app.

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redddog Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 1,856 Thread Starter	Thinking about those Cascade Fathead II for OH. Any else using ribbons for OH? Those things look incredibly good and ridiculously cheap. Anyone use Ribbons for overheads? I know they'll be great as a Blumlein pair on acoustic and vox but I was wondering about OH. I've just had a couple of MC-012s done with the Dorsey mod and I'm wondering if I should sell those and just use those Fatheads. Could I use that Fathead pair as a replacement for the Oktavas or do I need to keep a pair of pencils around? Whatcha think? I do alt/country, folky, Ethan Johns type rock. Or at least I aspire to that type of stuff.

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celticrogues Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 709	I've used my Fathead I's on acoustic guitar, fiddle, and trumpet - I like them a lot. I haven't tried them on drums yet but other people in other threads have, and posted samples. These people like them too: Cascade FATHEAD Cascade Fatheads coming today! Cheap Ribbons? Anyone use Cascade Mics? Cascade Fathead II Cascade ribbon mics Affordable Ribbon: Shinybox or Cascade Fathead Funny thing is this is the second time I've replied to a thread about the Cascade Fathead with a list of other threads about...the Cascade Fathead Cheers -Mike

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scrubs Gear addict Joined: Feb 2005 Location: NC Posts: 414	Even in my small, partially treated room, I often prefer ribbons as OH. I have used an unbranded chinese ribbon that closely resembles the fathead as an OH, and it works great. I also like the Nady RSM2 for that app.