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MGR/jonesy « Shure SM-57 »
Published on 01/15/10 at 15:00It's black, made of metal, and has lots of scratches now! 
Anyway, I've been playing for about 30 years on and off and am in and out of it. Funny how life gets in the way sometime. I'm into classic rock, metal, hard rock, country as far as playing goes, and just about anything else as far as listening goes. I'm not currently in a band, but have been throughout the years.
I bought this unit for about $80 online several years ago. I was looking for something to mic my guitar amp or drums with, and a microphone that I thought I might be able to use for vocals as well.
I like the solid build and the trusty frequency response curve. The unit is built like a brick shithouse and takes some serious abuse over the years and keeps on ticking. Mine is so scratched up I should have said it was silver instead of black. It works every time and is consistent. I'm sure I'll have it for years to come as well, as long as I don't drop it in a toilet or something and screw the electronics, I'm pretty sure it's indestructable.
About the only thing I don't like about this mic is the frequency response and the sensitivity. While I think it's a good dynamic mic for limited frequency range work, like a guitar amp or micing a kick drum for instance, I don't like how it sounds with vocals. It's sort of dull and lifeless and doesn't capture some of the nuances of the sound. Now many of you may be saying that I shouldn't be using a dynamic mic to record vocals anyway, but that's your opinion. Regardless, it's not something I would use the SM-57 for in the future based on my experience.
As I mentioned earlier it's built very solid and it seems pretty much indestructable. Very few things in my gig bags have lasted as long as this and taken as much abuse. Shure builds the best mics in the business in my opinion and my SM-58 rocks about the same.
Overall, I couldn't be happier. I didn't over pay for this, it's extremely high quality, and as long as you don't use the SM-57 for an application it wasn't designed for, you'll love it. I sure do.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Anyway, I've been playing for about 30 years on and off and am in and out of it. Funny how life gets in the way sometime. I'm into classic rock, metal, hard rock, country as far as playing goes, and just about anything else as far as listening goes. I'm not currently in a band, but have been throughout the years.I bought this unit for about $80 online several years ago. I was looking for something to mic my guitar amp or drums with, and a microphone that I thought I might be able to use for vocals as well.
I like the solid build and the trusty frequency response curve. The unit is built like a brick shithouse and takes some serious abuse over the years and keeps on ticking. Mine is so scratched up I should have said it was silver instead of black. It works every time and is consistent. I'm sure I'll have it for years to come as well, as long as I don't drop it in a toilet or something and screw the electronics, I'm pretty sure it's indestructable.
About the only thing I don't like about this mic is the frequency response and the sensitivity. While I think it's a good dynamic mic for limited frequency range work, like a guitar amp or micing a kick drum for instance, I don't like how it sounds with vocals. It's sort of dull and lifeless and doesn't capture some of the nuances of the sound. Now many of you may be saying that I shouldn't be using a dynamic mic to record vocals anyway, but that's your opinion. Regardless, it's not something I would use the SM-57 for in the future based on my experience.
As I mentioned earlier it's built very solid and it seems pretty much indestructable. Very few things in my gig bags have lasted as long as this and taken as much abuse. Shure builds the best mics in the business in my opinion and my SM-58 rocks about the same.
Overall, I couldn't be happier. I didn't over pay for this, it's extremely high quality, and as long as you don't use the SM-57 for an application it wasn't designed for, you'll love it. I sure do.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com