SM58's

[essexbasscat]

So been wondering...

When the topic of SM58's come up, it's only a matter of time before someone mentions the chinese, inferior copies.

I've been wondering, how do you recognise a fake from the real thing ? can you tell from appearance alone ?

Cheers !

[Mickeyboro]

I googled and found enough info to get an eBay refund when I was flogged one.

[wateroftyne]

[url="http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=sm58+fake"]Here y'are[/url].

[Musky]

[quote name='Mickeyboro' post='1373849' date='Sep 14 2011, 10:14 PM']I googled and found enough info to get an eBay refund when I was flogged one.[/quote]
Yeah, there's loads of stuff on the fakes. I remembered that the easiest way to tell was by checking to see if the XLR pins were numbered, but doing a quick google this doesn't seem to be fool proof anymore. It seems the countefeiters are upping their game.

[Doctor J]

I got a trio of fake 57s a few years back. It was easy to tell they were fake because they fell apart when I unscrewed the caps, literally came to pieces in my hand.

[deepbass5]

Price may give it away

[Spike Vincent]

[quote name='deepbass5' post='1373888' date='Sep 14 2011, 10:59 PM']Price may give it away[/quote]


Agreed.If you want SM 58's, buy them from an established dealer.

[acidbass]

I bought a GREAT fake once, it was pretty much identical in every way except for the sound when I compared it to a real 58 - so much more bottom end and clarity with the real one. Very difficult to spot, I would echo the comments about buying from a registered dealer as mine was bought used from a local guy on a music forum and it all ended badly!

[GarethFlatlands]

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