Shure posted this exciting news release yesterday; now offering SM58s with that lived-in, CBGB look…
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New relic option: microphones!
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I know it's fake, that one is WAY too clean.
Ha! Yes, not enough crusty expectoration clogging the screen...
And the body of the mic is too clean relative to the ball...
No rust on the screen, no scraped off paint on the body of the mic.
I give a 4 out of 10 on the relic job.
I give a 4 out of 10 on the relic job.
One of my first gigs back when I was a youngster our singer dropped the 58 and dented the windscreen. The soundguy was all bent out of shape about it and charged him $10 to replace it. He must have been the only one in town with pristine SM58s. Haven't thought about that in ages. Too funny.
I will say that guy was awesome at his job. He made all our garage/basement bands sound like arena acts wherever he was running sound. Not sure I've had a better one since, even with all the advancement in live sound tech.
I will say that guy was awesome at his job. He made all our garage/basement bands sound like arena acts wherever he was running sound. Not sure I've had a better one since, even with all the advancement in live sound tech.
Knowing your gear, maintaining it, and learning how to use it is generally the pathway to the best results.
Both beat me to it!!
I read it like "This is so fake....look at that pristine metal grill! Where's the rust and cigarette-infused saliva stains?"
IF the mic was truly a CBGB's relic, you'd already have covid-647, bronchitis, be poppin' anti-biotics and had a necessary a trip to the VD clinic.
I worked at Shure for my entire career; we joked about this from time to time. We would get stuff back from the field that looked like this, but the handles would be trashed as well - the paint on 57's and 58's tends to age a lot like nitro on Fenders - it's pretty tough stuff, but over time, wear and tear of thousands of gigs (and tens of thousands of times in and out of a mic clip) will get to it.
We used to worry about paint toughness a lot, and when a new model came out, we'd often have the factory overnight us prototypes - get a jump on testing the paint. We'd test them. Often they'd fail. Then we'd ask for more samples, which would take a week or so to get there, and they'd be just fine when the paint was tested. Turns out the paint takes several days to fully cure, so....overnighted, freshly painted handles weren't fully cured.
We used to worry about paint toughness a lot, and when a new model came out, we'd often have the factory overnight us prototypes - get a jump on testing the paint. We'd test them. Often they'd fail. Then we'd ask for more samples, which would take a week or so to get there, and they'd be just fine when the paint was tested. Turns out the paint takes several days to fully cure, so....overnighted, freshly painted handles weren't fully cured.
FOR SALE: Shure SM58 microphone. Full disclosure: has one small dent (hard to capture in pics).
