Bees Neez Mics

[cookseyeng]

I recently stumbled onto these Australian made mics and I checked them out and they look solid, the company was started in 02'. The one girl that played guitar in Mj's "This Is It" uses them. There are two links below the first is her playing (shes pretty good) and along side the video is some sessions at a radio station studio with the Beez Neez mics if you watch the first one (Orianthi In The Studio) the mics kick in after they let the room mics go. 2nd link is the Beez Neez Home site. Sorry if there is any spelling errors I worked 9 hrs all night.

1.
http://www.wkrq.com/story/2009/11/06/orianthi-in-the-studio-bonus-footage

2.
http://www.beesneezmicrophones.com.au/index.htm

[the shadow]

I like their philosophy of trying to create something new as opposed to another U47/C12/etc clone. Originality seems to be quite rare in pro audio these days. Even if the mics aren't the best thing since sliced cymbals, they, like every other mic, will sound great on at least one thing.

[Mixwell]

I wish I could comment on these microphones, but in talking with Ben over the phone a few weeks back, he said he didn't have any demo microphones from his line available to send us for evaluation. He suggested that we purchase a microphone from him, in order to evaluate the product in our studio. Of course it is a long time policy here at Mercenary; that we must put any and all product through the "ringer" so to speak, so as to make an educated conclusion about a product. We do recommend the same for our clients, and after I explained this to him, [testing the product] would be in order for us to consider being a dealer for his products [which was the purpose of his call to Mercenary] he suggested that I check out a well known gear message board, where people were posting about their experience with the microphones he builds.

[ABEGAIL20]

The electronics in all our microphones are of the highest quality and use point to point wiring for the best quality signal path. The tubes used in our microphones are hand selected from European and American new old stock (NOS). When deciding on a tube for our microphones, we don't just test for noise, we burn them in and then listen to ensure that every tube used meets our requirements.

[Adam Smith]

A studio I work for in Columbus, OH has the tube U-47 looking BN mic (the T-1, I think) . Pretty dark, but an excellent sounding mic. Variable polar pattern. I've used it as the fig-8 in a m/s setup w/ a U-67 as the mid on a drum kit. Sounded stellar. Sounds great on piano. Didn't like it on Kick. Good on ele guitar. Love it on vox. I'll usually use the BN before the FET U-47 on about anything.

[Tomasz]

A studio I work for in Columbus, OH

May i ask what studio in columbus... I live in the infamous Kirtland:eek: Ohio, so I am curious...
cool info on the mics Adam.. I'd like to check them out..