MXL 770/990 Headbasket Grille Upgrade

Product Features Offers superior plosive and EMI/RFI protection to single-layer grilles Doesn't resonate like a single-layer grille Installs in five minutes Gives your modified mic a beautiful, professional look Available in two colors Custom designed to fit the MXL 990, 770, and similar microphones   Design Process We referenced vintage microphone designs, such as the Neumann M49 and M50, as we worked through multiple iterations of 3D-printed prototypes. Ultimately, we departed from straight historical recreations to give our design a modern twist -- much as we've done with the Schoeps-based circuit in our popular 990B circuit mod kit for the MXL 990.   Construction The grille material is made of 2 layers of metal mesh. We used two layers with significantly different gauges, as this helps reduce resonance (which is an issue we've seen with single-layer mesh grilles). The combination of two different meshes also strikes the best balance between plosive/EMI/RFI protection and acou