How can I turn this mic into an-black, buttonless mic?

[soursop]

I'm a real beginner with Gimp/ image-editing.

I have a picture of a mic with white text on one side, plus buttons on another side. I'd like to remove all the white letters, and remove the buttons. I want the mic just to be a plain mic. How can I do this? Removing the white letters is surely easier than removing the buttons. Any help would be appreciated.

Using 2.10 version.


http://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/aizzm...c.jpg?dl=0