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Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 20, 2021 18:36:12 GMT -6 svart, jcoutu1, and 4 more like this

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I was looking around for a mic cab to go in the machine room right off the control room in my new studio. Everything was pretty expensive and not really ideal, I wnded up getting a fairly cheap ikea cabinet hacking it up and drilled some holes to mount a ikea light system in it. It's all wired so no battery changing etc. I think it turned out pretty good!

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Bat Lanyard RGO Senior Member Blade... Lazer... Blazer Posts: 1,349	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 7:28:15 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Bat Lanyard on Jul 21, 2021 7:28:15 GMT -6 Looks stellar!
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svart RGO Senior Member Sewer Robot Posts: 10,425	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 8:24:19 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by svart on Jul 21, 2021 8:24:19 GMT -6 Niiiice. I thought about an ikea cabinet for mics but I could never find a good place to put it in the studio.
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Tbone81 RGO Senior Member Posts: 2,403	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 9:35:09 GMT -6 via mobile shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Tbone81 on Jul 21, 2021 9:35:09 GMT -6 Nice! I love a good ikea hack.
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jcoutu1 RGO Sales Customer Mr. 1000 Posts: 9,344	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 10:33:09 GMT -6 via mobile shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by jcoutu1 on Jul 21, 2021 10:33:09 GMT -6 Looks dynamite.
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drbill RGO Senior Member Posts: 8,252	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 12:17:03 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by drbill on Jul 21, 2021 12:17:03 GMT -6 Sweet! Nice Job!

johneppstein RGO Senior Member Posts: 5,344	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 12:18:05 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by johneppstein on Jul 21, 2021 12:18:05 GMT -6 Very pretty! No way could I fit my mic collection into one of those though....

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Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 17:59:10 GMT -6

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Jul 21, 2021 12:18:05 GMT -6 johneppstein said:

Very pretty! No way could I fit my mic collection into one of those though....

thank you, I love to pretty lol ... and that's pretty impressive if you got enough heavy hitters to overfill 6 shelves! I only display the good ones, keep the work horses in the drawer

ericn Temp Balance Engineer Posts: 16,059 Member is Online	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 20:09:21 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ericn on Jul 21, 2021 20:09:21 GMT -6 As I sit here next to 30 feet of 12ft tall stacks of Billy book cases I have say best use of a Billy book case ever.
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ericn Temp Balance Engineer Posts: 16,059 Member is Online	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 20:09:49 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by ericn on Jul 21, 2021 20:09:49 GMT -6 As I sit here next to 30 feet of 12ft tall stacks of Billy book cases I have say best use of a Billy book case ever.
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shakermaker Senior Member Posts: 178	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 20:37:59 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by shakermaker on Jul 21, 2021 20:37:59 GMT -6 Thanks ericn! thats a huge compliment coming from you! I also noticed that for some reason the embedded vid blowwws the saturation out. click the link to see it on YT for a less eye melting version of the vid lol

winetree RGO Senior Member Posts: 1,158	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 21, 2021 22:31:27 GMT -6 Ward, keymod, and 3 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by winetree on Jul 21, 2021 22:31:27 GMT -6 Great looking display cabinet. I feel safer with this this.

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Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 22, 2021 15:56:11 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this

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Jul 21, 2021 22:31:27 GMT -6 winetree said:

Great looking display cabinet.
I feel safer with this this.

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Ha I had the opportunity to one up you. My building was originally a bank. I looked at one of the “storage spaces” in the basement as a studio space before COVID, the one I really wanted had a small walk-in vault with working door!
Just make sure you have those Silica packets with the mics, Those things keep moisture in better than they keep people out.

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Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Jul 24, 2021 23:37:13 GMT -6 ericn and shakermaker like this

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Jul 21, 2021 17:59:10 GMT -6 shakermaker said:

Jul 21, 2021 12:18:05 GMT -6 johneppstein said:

Very pretty! No way could I fit my mic collection into one of those though....

thank you, I love to pretty lol ... and that's pretty impressive if you got enough heavy hitters to overfill 6 shelves! I only display the good ones, keep the work horses in the drawer

Ah, that does cut it down a bit.... but if you include the "historical relics" it does get a bit bigger. Odd pieces like my favorite harp mic, a Shure 545L, which was the transformerless, "lavalier" (hence the "L") version of the Unidyne III, which also had the cord built in. I happen to have a pristine one, which I got cheap, in the box, "NOS", at a studio sale.

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marlem Junior Member Posts: 78	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Dec 1, 2021 9:12:12 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by marlem on Dec 1, 2021 9:12:12 GMT -6 IKEA, for the man who doesn't have everything!!
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sonnycheebs Full Member Posts: 23	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Dec 2, 2021 10:34:20 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by sonnycheebs on Dec 2, 2021 10:34:20 GMT -6 No picture. The video is gone.

shakermaker Senior Member Posts: 178	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Dec 8, 2021 15:19:37 GMT -6 tasteliketape, Ward, and 4 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by shakermaker on Dec 8, 2021 15:19:37 GMT -6 Sorry deleted the vid. Ikea cab still working great!

teejay Senior Member Posts: 989	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Dec 8, 2021 16:39:34 GMT -6 shakermaker likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by teejay on Dec 8, 2021 16:39:34 GMT -6 Nice. Lots o' Stam.
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Ward RGO Senior Member Summer good sum times Posts: 11,319	Mic Cabinet Build from Ikea Cabinet Dec 13, 2021 13:36:47 GMT -6 shakermaker and bobeschism like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Ward on Dec 13, 2021 13:36:47 GMT -6 Dec 8, 2021 15:19:37 GMT -6 shakermaker said: Sorry deleted the vid. Ikea cab still working great! Yes, I understam
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