All user reviews of 5/5 for the Shure SM58

It is a dynamic microphone, cardioid unidirectional type mainly known for being the reference microphone singing stage.
Bandwidth: 50 Hz to 15,000 Hz
Output Level (at 1,000 Hz): -54.5 dBV / Pa (1.85 mV)
Impedance: The nominal impedance is 150 ohms (300 ohms actual) for connection to microphone inputs rated low impedance
Phase: Positive pressure on diaphragm produces positive voltage on pin 2 relative to pin 3
Connector: XLR male
Body: Cast steel with spherical steel mesh
Net Weight: 298 grams

OVERALL OPINION

I now use the microwave for a good ten years, it has never failed me.
This is the must have scenic microphone singing, indestructible, robust, reliable, cheap.
The ball will need to change for a couple of euros supplied accessories (clamp and cover) exude the same quality, it's serious.
I buy it back this micro eyes closed and I am not only see new opportunity in the state.

Dynamic cardioid for vocals (but not that). Use especially on stage.

OVERALL OPINION

We can say, time passes and SM 58 remains. I owned two with my first group, there are more than 20 years, and was very happy, until that I steal them.
Today, after a long hiatus, I'm back to the music and bought me at the first opportunity: a SHURE SM58, eyes closed. And I'm not disappointed.
I readily admit that we can find nowadays dynamic mics more efficient, more of this and less-it cric-crac, but this mic is almost a legend. It is robust, reliable, versatile and timeless. This point can be interesting at the time of resale.

And it is probably no coincidence that it is found on the vast majority of musical scenes. Not?

Just wanted to review my favorite mic of all time the Shure SM58. Everyone who is anybody has used it through the years. The popular black base with the silver top you can spot the SM58 from a mile away!

I was in a band that required me to sing backup vocals. I paid $89 for it brand new. It can with a clip, bag and cool sticker. I knew of their reliability and knew it was the mic for me.

I like it because it is a solid piece of gear. It is the industry standard. Sound guys know how to mix them and they work for almost any application you need mic'd.

I have used this microphone to mic guitar amps, bass amps, acoustic guitars, acoustic pianos, Hammond Organs as well as kick and snare drums. It may not be the best mic for each thing I just mentioned, but in a pinch it will get the job done.

Nothing at all. It's a microphone to perfection. In a perfect world I'd like to see it get maybe a little bit hotter of a signal, but complaints at all.

The textbook definition of road worthy. I have some beat, I mean BEAT Shure Mics. I prefer to sing through my own mic since I know what it sounds like and well germs are a big factor, you want to stay healthy on the road. I have thrown it in back packs, dropped it, spilled drinks on it, put it in front of everything imaginable and it still works.

Henry Rollins can't even break this mic!

If you need a mic, this is it. Best $90 you will ever spend. There are a few cheap knock offs out there. Yes, you can get them for half the price, but they are not as durable or a nice sounding. Get the real thing, get a Shure.

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Mostly black with gray windscreen, although this thing is so scraped up from abuse that it might as well be called silver and loaded with scratches. Been playing for a while now, various bands, a little recording. A little this and a little that.

I actually won this SM-58 in a poker game from a buddy believe it or not. It was a terribly beat up mic and he threw it into the pot because he had already replaced it. Based on the ante, he probably only valued this at $5, but I think I ended up with the deal.

First of all it still works and it still sounds good. I think these things develop character over time, especially with use and abuse. It says a lot for Shure products when you have a microphone that can be this abused and still deliver crisp clean rock vocals day in and day out.

There's nothing to not like. I guess I wish they were less expensive new, but if you have an opportunity to pick up a used one, don't delay. Like an old Toyota, these things will deliver and you could get 300,000 miles from yours.

First rate, built like a tank, or an iron pipe as it were.

Overall, I love it. It sounds great, works night after night, and is beat to hell. This is what gear is supposed to be built like. If you end up buying one new (I think they are around $100 new), you will get years out of it. As a matter of fact, it might outlive you. Perhaps the preacher will be using it as they lower you down.

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I purchased the Shure SM-58 mic about 5 years ago after having owned a Kustom K-6 for a couple of years. I play music in a local band and I wanted a better singing mic. I bought it at Hometown Music in Whitesburg, KY for $120.

After singing through the Kustom mic for two years, the SM-58 was nothing short of a revelation. The sound was so much clearer and stronger, and it was so much more responsive to sound that I was instantly wowed. Once you hold the SM-58 in your hand, you can tell it's a quality piece of equipment. It's heavy and very well conctructed. I've owned my 58 for over five years now and I've gotten a lot of use out of it. My band plays on the road a lot, so our equipment has to be tough. The SM-58 is just that...a tough, great-sounding mic that won't let you down.

Are there better sounding mics on the market? Certainly. But those mics will cost you a lot more cash. For $120, you can't go wrong with the SM-58.

This is an absolutely solid piece of equipment. I can't count the times I've dropped it. Not once has it ever betrayed me (even if I deserved it!).

The Shure SM-58 is a great mic at a great price. Period.

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I bought this at Musiciansfriend.com a few years ago, and have bought many others since. Not because they've broken, but because it's that damn good. I use it for touring, shows, and recording every once in a while. It's good at all 3.

Extremely durable. It doesn't muffle out the higher or lower ranges like most field mic's do, and it can take a serious ass kicking.
Most mic's have to be screamed into to get what this thing picks up at a comfortable singing level. I have even put a spit screen in front of it and used it in recording.

My complaint would be that it doesn't have a switch, but there is another model - SM -58S, that has a switch.

I have kicked, dropped, spilled shit into, stepped on, and left this microphone outside, and it still works better than any AKG or Nady I've ever used. Dented screen's don't affect it's performance, and neither does leaving it out in the rain.

This mic rocks. Recommend it, and wouldn't get any other mic after working with this one so long. Except maybe the one with the switch.
Compared to AKG's and Nady's of similar price, this thing is like a Cadillac for the price of a Hyundai.
I wouldn't spend money on any other microphone.

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Used on ebay, I paid about $70 for this microphone. It had a few scratches, but works perfectly.

Tough as nails and has a great contour which can even make ME sound like a rock star! This unit has been the staple of rock bands for years and it's easy to see why.

There's nothing I don't like.

Built like a tank. These mics stand up to rough road wear and can be dropped, stepped on and pretty much run over by a car and will still work. Very high quality.

If you're looking for a great vocal microphone for hard rock, heavy metal, or just about any type of music, take a look at the Shure SM58. It Rocks!

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Micro singing only other tests that I have passed never shown conclusive, it's the porridge in general it is shit for nothing much to look at the sm57 that did it for (and very very good)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it always, ie at least since 15 years.
Currently I have 4 on hand, including my first copy, which must be at least 20 years old and still works like new (to give you an idea, there is no paint at all the body due to wear)

It is a micro in which I screamed, spitting, rapping in the rain, sweltering in the sun, etc. in the cold night, never had any trouble.
A great value for most of the singers, the howler postilloneur eat the micro rapper who locks him in his hand, to the singer thin voice.

He has obviously its limitations, we will say that it is a micro ultra-close, my it's still the most successful of shure, with a quality / price staggering.

THE universal micro C'e'st
It covers a wide band frequency drives, from grave to acute and a trs warm in his home studio
It almost indestructible rsistera to liters of beer and tons of baboons who wallow top

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 10 years in concert for the voice or the guitar amplifiers for home and studio.
What is the best with what micro is that there are never any surprises: it can not be of virtually.
No microphone on the market has such solidity such versatility at a price so low (less than 150 euros).
Tip: if you enregisterz a guitar you can remove the cap to approximate the sound of the SM57

For résumé if you're wondering what to buy first micro, take the one without hsiter

Microphone for voice (REFERENCE)
Technology cardioid

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 ½ years.
Its more: robust, trs good return of live voice, larsers Reduces Risk for taking an acoustic guitar for example.
Its least: can versatile has not used a guitar amp to use, it is better to choose the SM57 a.
I know many microphones and it is true that the SM58 is particulirement good. But beware: this dpend voice because even if the SM58 allows good decision by a majority of votes, some soneront better with Sennheiser for example, while dpend stamp.
The report quality-price is right.
With the exprience, I would do without this choice because it allows the hsitation trs good return for virtually all the voices!

Dynamic mic singing
Cardioid
Prdilection field: the scne

OVERALL OPINION

I for two years. I had the opportunity to use previously seen that team a lot of studios and rptition scne. I also chant Sennheiser E845 and E855. Group / scne of the voice is much more intelligible than the Sennheiser. It means a better and less feedback.
on the other hand, for the home studio, the shure sounds less "Fidler" that sennheisers.
Trs is solid ... it may fall on the tile, no problem (for cons after a moment the hull pod).
All technicians are familiar with this mic, very soon galre ...
The report is qualitprix is ​​the standard tool scne.

For the scene for a singer in all styles (up to mediums and highs of 2 kb and down low like and you have a hallucinatory quality)

For the home studio, the microphone have to start if you can not have a good static .. A beautiful album and distributors around the world does not recorded with this mic in a room (The Headphone Masterpiece) http://www.mcm.net/chroniques/index.php/37014/

To say that this mic is indemmodable 30 years and is not crazy!!

If you take another, because you want to spend the cot must, but it is a vision of the mind!

OVERALL OPINION

Use often on stage, a little home studio (but I prefer my C1) it takes a lot of vocal nuances and its interest is primarily the
There is obviously the bump Shure, but I like it because it corresponds to the sounds of today

It's really a micro dedi vocals, much less to transplant a scratch amp electric. (Prefried the sm 57)

I am willing to pay more but for a wireless microphone and a superior quality, if not! But it gets into the mind-blowing budgets

Do not hsiter