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STUDIO MICROPHONE build.. Similar to Glen Beck's.

STUDIO MICROPHONE build.. Similar to Glen Beck\
Glen Beck has an impressive big blue microphone on his desk during his show on Fox News.  They are really cool looking, and you can buy one on ebay for way too much money. So I decided to make my own REPLECA with mostly junk parts and a little paint.  My Giant Awesome Glen-Beck-ish microphone is also a WORKING microphone too.. but maybe not with the same spec's as a studio microphone.  But the cool factor makes up for loss in studio quality specs. Total cost of the microphone was somewhere around $20 dollars.
 
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Step 1PARTS NEEDED to build the microphone:

PARTS NEEDED to build the microphone:

Most of the parts needed are pictured here.  A six inch piece of 2-inch pvc pipe. An end-cap for the pvc pipe. Round wood base available at hobby stores. Two 1/2 inch electrical box conduit connectors and a 2 inch piece of half-inch conduit.  one tincan very small like the kind tuna comes in.   A piece of felt cloth.  Some Gold wire for the "grille" available at the hobby shop.  An old microphone from a broken telephone or old answering machine. Some wire and a phone jack.   Paint needed is some blue, gold, and also some epoxy glue. Some of the parts pictured I ended up NOT USING, such as the wooden dowel sticks.  I decided to not build the "cats-cradle" microphone holder because I thought it would look better just sitting on a wooden base. 
 

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8 comments
Mar 18, 2011. 12:45 PMukadritzke says:
Ever considered writing your hero's name correctly!?
Oct 28, 2010. 4:02 AMDiopter says:
Watch Glenn Beck and then watch the movie "Network" written by Paddy Chaevsky- the future was predicted in this 1970's movie...

The big question about this microphone is it's Freudian implications...
Oct 5, 2010. 9:06 PMpocketdrummer says:
I can't believe you people actually watch Fox "News".

Title should also read Microphone Replica. This isn't really "studio" grade.
Sep 21, 2010. 2:15 PMREA says:
i believe the mic he uses is the Blue Bird (Blue being the manufacturer name). my dad has one and uses it alot. nice instructable!
Aug 23, 2010. 6:34 PMthewizard42 says:
Glen Beck is my hero :D
Aug 24, 2010. 9:19 PMcorey_caffeine says:
he's paranoid and makes me nervous but does make many good points
Sep 8, 2010. 8:14 PMcdousley says:
exactly! I love that guy.
Aug 15, 2010. 8:57 PMcraig3 says:
you could probably buy the cradle for it at any music store that sells microphones, its just a shock absorber, they're pretty cheap

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I like building things. I like to experiment with alternative methods of heating and cooling houses.