Johnny's mic was auctioned off for $50,787 in Dallas Texas. The label on the ten pound Shure model SM33 declares, "Johnny's Mic"
The mic was saved from a trash bin two decades ago by The Tonight Show chief boom operator, Stan Sweeney. Carson switched from a RCA ribbon mic to this Shure style in the late 1960's.
Near the end of the Tonight Show, I noticed another microphone, and it was black, a side-addressed one and I'm not sure if it was a condenser microphone or not. Any idea which company made it and what was the model and type of microphone. I don't think that model was a ribbon. Bruce
Posted by: Bruce | 07/13/2022 at 02:02 PM