Ribbon Mics

[John Macy]

I know I have mentioned before how much I liked my Shiny Box ribbon mics, and the incredible customer support that the owner Jon provides...my early generation mics were more often than not chosen over my more expensive Royer mics, to the point that I ended up selling the Royers...

I recently sent mine back to Jon for a re-ribbon with his latest generation of ribbon motors and had Cinemag transformers added. While I expected an improvement, I was really amazed at how good they sound. If any of y'all are looking to add some ribbons to your collection, you sure can't go wrong with these...

[Mark van Allen]

I like those, too, John. I've also had great luck with the inexpensive Cascade Fat Head series.
Have you tried this one, I believe it's a George Massenburg trick: Ribbon (of course figure eight) on the side of the snare with the motor axis parallel to the snare body (facing at floor and ceiling) with a bit of rug or foam underneath to quiet the hat pedal. Like having "Fat" on a fader.