What kind of mics were those at the early Newport Folk Festivals?

[Dennis S]

You know, those round ones that stood straight up like an ice cream cone. You see them in documentaries with Dylan, Seeger, Johnny Cash, etc.

[Carm]

http://lloydmicrophoneclassics.com/mic_history.html
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinve...ophone.htm
Google is your friend
Joe

[blooz]

Whatever they were, they weren't capable of dealing with the sound of Dylan's new sound when he showed up to sing "Maggie's Farm."

[$tevie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMxJFsyR85o

[Dennis S]

Carm wrote:
http://lloydmicrophoneclassics.com/mic_history.html
http://inventors.about.com/od/mstartinve...ophone.htm
Google is your friend
Joe

I didn't see it on those links. Here is a pic:

[Carm]

Saw that after I posted thanks to stevie.
Are you sure it wasn't a custom microphone?

[Dennis S]

It's possible it's a custom mic, I guess. I have seen 3 of them on the stage at Newport in film clips. Also, I think I remember Dylan using it at another venue. I doubt if Newport would have used Dylan's mic for everyone else at Newport. I think I have also seen a smaller version in pictures, but it could have just been context or perspective. I am guessing it is an omni-directional mic due to its shape and that several singers would gather around it.

[M>B>]

Looks like this too...



Could be a wind screen over a mic?

[OWC Jamie]

big 'ol windscreen on an rca bk-5 ?

[Dennis S]

They look like aluminum when I see them on TV and they don't look like they have holes like an SM-58 windscreen would have.