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Microphones, Microphones......

Just a thought - why don't you offer to buy your drummer's mic? If he has the headset mic, he might want the cash more than the spare mic, and you get a mic you know you like for less. Possible win-win.

I did offer to buy it from him, but he's kind of an equipment junkie and didn't want to sell it. He's a really nice guy and never seems to mind loaning stuff out to people if they need it, but he never sells anything. You know the type.
 
im pretty certain the the SM57 and 58 are the same mic capsule.

They are but they still have distinctly different tones.

I just mention it because my old guitar player had a really soft-spoken voice. When using 58's all around, I always had to crank his mids and his level as well as set his monitor level lower to sort of trick him into getting on the mic and projecting just to get his level up with the rest of us.

Putting a 57 on him helped those issues some as the same qualities that make it a harsh mic for some just gave his voice some edge and helped it get into the mix with less extreme knob twisting trickery.