Purchased in January 1968 by The Doors’ road manager Vincent Treanor III, this Electro‑Voice EV 676G was one of two gold microphones purchased exclusively for Jim Morrison. Of the two, this example served as one of his main stage microphones, the other as a backup. Treanor was road manager for The Doors from the end of 1967 and was responsible for building their PA system and purchased all the equipment for the band's live shows. According to Jeff Gold's account of speaking with Treanor about this microphone, Treanor owned all the microphones used by the band because he also lent them to other bands he worked with when not on the road with The Doors. Electro-Voice apparently only ever produced around 100 gold versions of this microphone and Treanor stated that he never let anyone but Morrison use this gold version, other than on one occasion with another singer.

Treanor states in his accompanying letter that this microphone was used, with the exception of one performance, exclusively by The Doors singer, James Morrison, in every public performance from February, 1968 until his final performance in New Orleans, Louisiana, December 1970. Examination of photographs of Jim Morrison on stage during this period make it clear that he did use other microphones, but the gold EV microphone was certainly used extensively, including for their headline set at the Northern California Folk‑Rock Festival at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds on 19 May 1968 (see Jim Marshall photo illustrated), and their televised performance on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on 6 January 1969, where they performed 'Touch Me' and 'Wild Child'. It also accompanied the band internationally, including on their first European tour, notably at The Roundhouse in London in September 1968 and at the Kongresshalle in Frankfurt, West Germany, on 14 September 1968.

After Morrison's death, Treanor continued to work with the Doors during their Other Voices Tour in the fall of 1971, when Ray Manzarek used this microphone. Two decades later Treanor also worked as a consultant on Oliver Stone's biopic The Doors (1991) and lent this microphone to Val Kilmer to use during production. Treanor recalls that the microphone was fully functioning and Kilmer used the microphone to record some live songs. Around this time Treanor met Joe Russo, lead singer of The Doors tribute group The Soft Parade, and in 1992 brokered a private sale to him, backed by prominent Jim Morrison memorabilia collector Pamela Ashley.