STC 4038 microphone

4038 employing the old BBC handkerchief trick

Iconic BBC ribbon design, commercially manufactured under licence by Standard Telephone & Cables using spider technology.

Developed from the PGS, the 4038 was the BBC’s successful attempt at designing a general purpose pressure gradient microphone, with excellent linear performance at a reasonable size and cost compared to the AXBT.

The red line is Cole’s master reference microphone, kept in their anaechoic cupboard

Two versions were produced, a 30 Ohm version for outside broadcast and television studios, a 300 Ohm version for the sound studio.

Used just about everywhere in the BBC.

STC standard T-bar for 4038s, with debatable comb filtering effect

Wonderful on just about everything!