EBS_freak Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I have one SM58 which has always been awful - I kinda knew that it was a duff mic from the word go but didn't think it would actually be duff given that it was from a "reputable dealer" doing a show special. Box, case and cable ties all present... all looked to be spot on. Anyway, in the height of boredom I stripped down this mic to see why this mic has never been as good as my other 58s (not that I tend to use 58s now, I favour 935s and 945s, Audix and Heil). All of it checked out to the letter. After looking at all the fake sites etc on how to spot them, it came down to one thing that my mic is missing - the rubbish bin imprinted in the xlr connector at the end of the mic. So yeah, finally confirmed after ten+ years. Fake - and that would explain why it sounds even worse than a standard 58 and has a tendency to feedback at any opportunity! Guess I now know why the show special was 50% off! The fakes back then seem to be better than the fakes now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maude Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Fakes aren't what they used to be are they? S&M58, isn't it? Or 69, marvellous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ped Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Take it back 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 46 minutes ago, ped said: Take it back I doubt I have the receipt! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mybass Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) I compared the weight of a SM 58 bought from a high profile shop and the actual weight shown for that mic on Shures own website. My mic didn’t match the website weight yet the mic performs as well as another sm58. Different components, metals, who knows but even calling Shure did not clarify this. Edited April 15, 2018 by mybass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 It still goes on. Take a look at these, on eBay for another 55 minutes as I type this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shure-SM57-LC-Cardioid-Dynamic-Instrument-Microphone/183175482964?hash=item2aa61c0e54:g:C7wAAOSw-vda0DHZ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shure-SM57-LC-Cardioid-Dynamic-Microphone-01/183175483485?hash=item2aa61c105d:g:k~AAAOSwZ3Ja0DIU https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shure-SM57-Cardioid-Dynamic-Instrument-Microphone-02/183175484125?hash=item2aa61c12dd:g:dawAAOSwx3Va0DJT So that's a new eBay seller with 0 Feedback score selling three brand-new SM57s at the same time, with the same photo for each, all at knock-down prices. What could possibly go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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