{"id":1726713,"date":"2016-02-01T16:25:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T16:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=1726713"},"modified":"2022-02-24T13:26:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T13:26:11","slug":"my-mic-clipshock-mount-doesnt-fit-on-my-mic-stand","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/my-mic-clipshock-mount-doesnt-fit-on-my-mic-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"My mic clip\/shock mount doesn&#8217;t fit on my mic stand."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most European mic stands use a narrower clip mount with a smaller thread size. As a result, many mic manufacturers include a little insert inside their mic clips and shock mounts. These inserts are normally slotted so that you can unscrew them with a flathead screwdriver or even a coin.&nbsp;If your mic clip or shock mount doesn&#8217;t seem to thread onto your mic stand, try removing the adapter as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0740.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0740-1024x1007.jpg\" alt=\"Mic adapter\" class=\"wp-image-1726714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0740-1024x1007.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0740-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>A European mic stand adapter<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0741.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1015\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0741-1015x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Use quarter to unscrew adapter\" class=\"wp-image-1726715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0741-1015x1024.jpg 1015w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0741-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0741-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Use a quarter or flathead screwdriver to remove the adapter<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0745.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0745-1024x1019.jpg\" alt=\"Mic adapter removed\" class=\"wp-image-1726716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0745-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0745-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0745-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/media\/2016\/02\/IMG_0745.jpg 2013w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>The adapter is now removed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[54245,137096,137099,137101,137100,70259,67333,98121,137095,34721,98122,67794,90349,137097,137098],"storecat":[142773],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[33197,48906,33600,68284,33824],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the My mic clip\/shock mount doesn&#039;t fit on my mic stand. page at Sweetwater \u2014 the world&#039;s leading music technology and instrument retailer!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/my-mic-clipshock-mount-doesnt-fit-on-my-mic-stand\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My mic clip\/shock mount doesn&#039;t fit on my mic stand. - SweetCare\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most European mic stands use a narrower clip mount with a smaller thread size. 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