Here’s a fairly unknown vintage Sennheiser. The MD415 N was released as a handheld alternative to the MD409. With shock-mounting inside of it’s housing, it was meant to be a 409 that could be removed from a stand by a vocalist, minimizing handheld noise. Otherwise, it’s meant to be an MD409, and can be had at a much more affordable price.<\/p>\n
This one is in a rare factory gold. I’m not certain but documentation seems to point to the gold being offered at the start of production, putting this one right around 1971.<\/p>\n
This microphone came from a huge collection from a sound guy here in NL who toured with Bowie in the late 70’s. He claimed that Bowie sang into this microphone. He also had a bunch of MD421’s that had added on\/off switches. I can’t find any western European shows of Bowie using this gear, but if you do, please let me know! Either way, Bowie would look really cool with a gold MD415, and so would you.<\/p>\n
This one has had the diaphragm cleaned and some shotty internal wiring re-done. The original label was missing, so a new one has been printed and applied as well (Sounds Lekker branding in leiu of a serial number). Additionally, internal foam has been replaced.<\/p>\n
As always, ships with a beautiful handmade padded pouch and a\u00a0 tuchel to XLR tail. Also included is the original clip, which has one slightly cracked side. Additional new clip upon request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This rare gold MD415 N is claimed to have been sung into by David Bowie! A top notch Sennheiser from the early 70’s, these were marketed alongside the MD409 as having “the same acoustical properties” but in a shockmounted housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[57],"product_cat":[47],"product_tag":[53],"class_list":["post-296","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-sennheiser","product_cat-dynamic","product_tag-1970s","first","outofstock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n