Best Li'l Harphouse: www.harphouse.com 1-877-274-8776

David Barrett, School of the Blues: schooloftheblues@sbcglobal.net

Tom Ellis: tomsmics@flexcomp.com

Chuck Gurney: cgurney@bellsouth.net

I have personally been working with Chuck for well over a year now, and he is a genius at his craft. He will let you know if a mic is just not fixable due to a broken winding or some other problem. Otherwise, Chuck can get get more output and tone from an almost good mic. He has brought back some from the dead for me, and is very reasonable in his pricing for the amount of time he spends on them. The element comes back with fresh leads ready to solder on. I literally have owned thousands of CR/CM mics and have come to respect Chuck for being able to rescue some that otherwise would have been in the trash.

And just to lay something to rest that has been a myth for so long--the ohms reading of the mic means nothing. Just because it may read 1.28K doesn't mean it will have full output and bottom end. I have some super hot ones at 1.05K. There are a lot of factors that could be interfering with it being a good strong bottom-end mic. You have the Sonny Jr. promise that Chuck is a straight-up guy to deal with.