Non-damaging tie clip?

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David W. Richardson

Chapelgrove Films
Our preacher prefers to wear his wireless mic clipped to the lapel of his jacket. He says that clipping it to his tie causes damage to the tie after awhile. I can see his point. But he turns his head quite a lot when using the wireless mic, and sometimes we have problems with dropouts because of it. The typical label clip has the mic held far away from the mid-line of the body, which doesn't help.

I'm wondering -- does anyone know of a clip for the mic that won't damage a nice necktie? Or should I just apply some padding to the teeth of the clip we have?
 
Try fitting a hellermann rubber sleeve or heat shrink wrap to the clip, some of the sony clips also come with a plastic cover too.
 
Some clips do not have the sharp teeth, you'd have to look around. I don't recall which ones at the moment, except as Gary stated, some of the Sony ECM lavs had a soft rubber tube over the teeth. You could easily fashion something from a hardware store or put a layer or two of shrink tubing over the teeth. Another option is a headset mic which would solve the head turn volume drops as well. (if budget permits)
 
Countryman clips are plastic and shouldn't crew up fabric. You could put some vinyl (electrical) tape over the teeth of your current clip.
 
Just do like the legendary entertainer Elaine Stritch did for years - lightly tape a small LAV on his forhead just under his hair. PERFECT every time.

Of course I was kidding.

Unless he's down for doing it - in which case I wasn't kidding.

And YES, she really did that. Common placement trick really.
Doesn't work quite as well on bald guys though...
 
The Sony clip sure looks like the thing, but I doubt he's going to go for the price tag. Especially since we only need 1 or 2, not 10.

I did find some similar things that may work, though. Thanks!
 
If a Sony lav, (what model?) might be a dual capsule clip that's longer (gets mic closer to middle). I have them for ECM 88 and am considering cutting off and filing down the second mount. Otherwise, I like Tram/Sonotrim mics for centered no fuss tie placement. Their clips are nice and secure. If feasible, you could try the "in the knot" placement. In this case of repeat performance, might be interesting to modify/optimize a few ties for this situation. And lastly, there's the headset option.
 
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