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Originally Posted by Moseph
I think it's slightly more correct to say "you can stick a U87 in front of anything and it won't sound bad."
A few years ago I was playing saxophone into a U87. I sounded okay, but just okay. Maybe the placement was bad, maybe the performance was bad. One thing that was tough (and I've had other, better sax players with recording experience confirm this to me) is that pad noise and valve clicks are kind of the sweet spot on the U87. If you're going for "warm" you can do better, and if you're going for "bright" other mics have good high-end without a sensitivity spot right in the "player noise" range.
Definitely a good mic, but I wouldn't say there's really such a thing as a mic that sounds good on absolutely everything.
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I'd never use an 87 for brass myself. Always a 4038 or AEA/RCA. 87 is too harsh and has too much self noise.