Well Seasoned 
by Charles Denler from Colorado, USA, December 2007
Music Background:  Composer for film and television

I have been using my R-121 in my studio for about 2 years. It has been my consistent go to mic on almost every session. It excels on horns, and is breathtaking when close recording hand percussion. I used it on my flugel horn a few years ago, and the track won me an Emmy! One of my absolute favorite mics!

  The finest 
by M.J. Ward from California, May 2007
Music Background:  Studio engineer, producer

The Royer R121 is the finest, smoothest mic for electric guitar. This mic is has two distinctive sounds, depending on which side you point it. It's like having two completely unique sounds that are both astounding. I own almost 30 mics, and this is the best of the bunch. I have used it for recording strings, piano, guitar, vocals, drums, accordion, wind and brass horns, and oh, my, it has sounded incredible for every last one. This mic is to die for. If it were a woman, I'd marry it, if it were an idol, I would worship it. Come to think of it, I already do.

  OH WOW!!!! 
by IMAGO RECORDING STUDIOS from Lexington, Ky, February 2007
Music Background:  Recording Engineer, pro musician, and Independant producer.

GENIUS....Dave you're the man. I use these mics on everything....literally. This is my studio workhorse. It is so three dimensional that it really does put you in the mix. I have a femal artist that I'm producing that loves this mic for vocals. Very Very warm and vintage. If you have these mics I would also recommend getting the AEA Ribbon Pre. It's a great price and it compliments these mics perfectly. I also love the Presonus ADL 600 and the Focusrite Red Series on ribbons.Get a couple.

  this mic puts you in the room 
by Sean Loepp from cary nc, October 2006
Music Background:  recording engineer, live sound foh enengineer, guitarist

If you've been searching for that perfect guitar tone but you just can't quite get there, this is what you've been missing. It's not the cheapest mic out there so it wasn't my first choice but after testing this mic for five minutes I knew I found what I was looking for. This mic puts you in the room, needs little eq and sounds great through many mic pres; avalon 737, BAE neve 1272, Trident S20 just to name a few.

  Butter 
by Jon from Joplin, MO, October 2006
Music Background:  Producer, Recording/Mixing Engineer

This is THE mic for recording electric guitars. I know it does all sorts of other things very well, but I use it on elec guitars a ton! I primarily use the R-121 on a Vox AC-30, through a UA 2610 preamp, through Apogee converters. Sometimes I'll throw an SM57 or a Sennheiser MD421 right up in the middle of the cone and stick the Royer a little off to the side and behind or on the other cone matching the distance to keep it in phase. Either way, I'm usually tracking within 5 minutes of taking the mic out of its pretty little cherry box.

In the mixing stage, the quality of this mic comes out more than you even knew it in the tracking stage. It sits in the mix better than you could ever imagine, sounds so natural, so lively, and I hardly even have to eq.

Bottom line, this mic is pure butter. It's worth every penny if you're ready to record electric guitars with very high quality.

  The R stands for it Rules! 
by Brandon from Seattle, WA, September 2006
Music Background:  full time engineer

If you record electric guitar, you need to have this mic. If you're used to the usual dynamic mics, you will poop yourself when you first find the sweet spot on a 121. You could be smart and get 10 sm57's or you could be really REALLY smart and get one R-121. Will "poop" get past the censors?

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