Sennheiser E 904

I purchased four of these in 2013 when I decided to buy myself a touring mic package along with two Se1A's for overheads, a sennheiser e901 for kick and a beyerdynamic mc930 for hi hats.

Using the E904s for Snare and three Toms gave me just what I wanted. They captured the tone of the rock Kit perfectly in every circumstance, I have since used them in all types of genres when I'm mixing and really couldn't fault them.

Thankfully working with good Drummers these mics have virtually have no sign of wear or tear and the clamps have been though hundreds of gigs since and have not let me down yet. Definitely a great mic.

We use it for Floor Toms. the mic is easy to attach on almost any kind of drums. Never had any issue with it.
Due it's compactness it is also pretty easy to integrate in in a live setup, without interfering with cymbals who might be just above.
Sound: it has more or less the same sound as the E604, but this one has better respons in the lower frequencies. (drawback is that it also picks up your Kick Drums - but that's were gates are designed for :-) )
The only (minor) drawback is that the bag delivered with it barely fits the mic. (at least if you don't want to remove the holder every time.)

Tried finding them online second hand for a good price but couldn't find it, so I had to buy them new here by Thomann.
My theory is that because its such a good reliable mic, not often someone will really feel the need to sell them.

As I do sound for my bands and other bands, I enjoy the many ways of using this mic.
For congas, toms, other World/Latin percussion...
My main reason for getting these mics was to mic up a Brasilian drum called Zabumba. (A held drum where one skin serves as a Snare, and the other side serves as a kick drum).
I avoided clip mics for some time but with the Zabumba it became inevitable. using two E 904 or 2 E 409 is basically the only way PROs do it in Brasil. great sound, less stands, less complications, percussionist can dance around the stage and have a stable mic system. =)
I am very happy with my purchase.
Cheers!