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They have been dropped, exposed to the elements, and had many road miles on them. I have owned several of these over the years for both live and studio use. Never failed once. I have used them for drums, Leslie speaker, bass as well as vocal. I used it for vocals, as I get more punchy on my vocals when I sing seated at the piano than when standing and I've never been able to over-drive this mic. Excellent freq response. A huge bang for the buck.
Mic is good and maybe even great for the price. But I'm not happy with ordering from Amazon.com, LLC. Late arrival and no place to leave seller feedback. It's best to stay with a name store.
So make sure you try before you buy.Bottom line is the Shure SM57 is one tough road mic that sounds awesome and is not overly priced. That's one of the things that makes it popular with touring bands and sound companies.
But that's not really a fair assessment considering the 57 and 58 were developed at the same time, and except for the 58's acoustic foam lined cage pop screen, the two mics are identical electrically.The SM (Studio Microphone) 57 was designed to begin it's life in a recording studio, as a dynamic microphone used to mic the ever increasing volume of rock and roll amplifiers, drum kits, etc. Considering that the SM57 was introduced to the world in 1967, a year after the Shure SM58LC Shure SM58 Vocal Microphone, I guess the 58 gets Batman status, relegating the 57 to that of Robin.
A pair of SM57's is always seen on various White House podiums for press conferences and there is even a VIP bundled kit Shure SM57 VIP Dual Microphone Kit you can buy for this exact type of use.The SM57 is an extremely rugged mic, built to tough standards and can take lots of road abuse. In that capacity, it had no use for the pop screen of it's cousin the SM58, still one of the most sold vocal mics in the world to this day.
So the SM57 slimmed down and even though it's still a fine vocal mic, you'll see it used mostly mic'ing instruments, which it excels at.One of it's long time and most important roles has been the official podium mic for the White House. And on top of that, it's just a great sounding mic for the price.There is a Performer Series Shure Beta 57A Microphone that looks very similar to the SM57 but the Beta 57 has a different mic capsule and transformer and sounds different.
A best value for sound companies, home studio recordists and touring musicians.
If you know the sure 57's then you know the timeless quality of this mic for snare and guitar cab micking. Good price
This mic accurately portrays both vocals, miked instruments, acoustic instruments, and even some drums. People will try to tell you that the sm58 is a better vocal mic, it's not true. The sm58 is designed to enhance only the sounds that fall within a certain range (the vocal range as decided by shure). I say some because we haven't tried the bass drum, might work for that as well, or might be too much, I don't know. Regardless, for a versatile mic that will last you as long as you need it to, buy the sm57.
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