Telefunken M80: What does it sound like?

Is the Telefunken M80 just for vocals? Let's find out!

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Gear and recording info:
Electric guitars:
Fender Classic Series '50s Telecaster
1962 Fender Princeton (brownface)
Telefunken M80 - BAE 1073MPF
Small amount of slapback on lead guitar

Vocals:
Telefunken M80 - BAE 1073MPF, no compression, volume adjusted manually, small amount of slapback delay and reverb

Bass:
2012 American Standard P Bass
1966 Ampeg SB-12
Telefunken M80 - BAE 1073MPF
Narrow-Q notch at 130hz to remove a resonance

Drums:
1965 Ludwig Super Classic (13, 16, 22), Champagne Sparkle
Ludwig Black Beauty snare with moongels and Snareweight - Telefunken M80 - BAE 1073MPF, no EQ or compression
Snare bottom: Shure SM57 - BAE 1073MPF
Kick: Shure Beta 52 - Vintech 473 preamp
Overheads: AKG C414 B-ULS pair - Vintech 473 preamps
Toms (not used): Sennheiser MD421s - CAPI VP28 preamps
Room: 1974 Neumann U87, omni - Vintech 473

Acoustic guitar:
Telefunken M80 - BAE 1073MPF
150hz HPF

Percussion:
Seedpods and Meinl Shaker
Telefunken M80 - BAE 1073MPF

Intro/outro speech:
Sennheiser MH416 - CAPI VP28

Camera gear:
Nikon Z6II
Z 24-70mm f/4
Z 14-24 f/2.8

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