[Microphones] RCA-77DX replica

[CMKaco at aol.com]

Hi all,
New here, so don't know if this has been covered.  I have  always loved the 
RCA-77DX microphone (that gorgeous chrome pill shaped  microphone, like the one 
David Letterman used to have on his desk on The Late  Show).  It is a ribbon 
microphone and as I understand it was very highly  regarded as a great 
broadcast microphone.   I always thought it would  be great to have one like that in 
the ham shack, but they are collectors items  now and very, very expensive. 

However, I just found a place on  line that sell reproduction RCA 77DX 
microphone shells.  They are  completely empty, and you can put whatever microphone 
guts you want in  there.  My question is, how hard is it to take apart another 
microphone and  put the electronics and microphone element in there with the 
push to talk  switch, etc.?  Secondly, given that I can probably fit most any 
modern  microphone in there, what would you chose to put in there?
 
 
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