Old Shure question

[iriegnome]

I am looking at picking up an old U565SD. It is the SM58 before they were SM 58's. However, the one I am looking at has a Made in Mexico lable on it around the band.
Question -
Is this a more current version? Older version? Junk? Opinions?
I like the tone of the old 565's which is why I am going to get one, just not convinced that the MIM is the right mic for what I am wanting.. I may need to search out an older one? Thoughts?

 

[Yango]

You say you like the tone of the 565, why would you care where it's made if it sounds good to you?

If you're worried about it being a MIM knockoff, send an email to Shure and ask if they were ever manufactured outside of the USA.

Personally, I'd stick with either the SM58 or Beta 58. If you look at the Shure site the first use they list for the 565 is "karaoke"...

http://www.shure.com/americas/products/microphones/classic/565sd-classic-unisphere-vocal-microphone

 

[iriegnome]

Been using SM and Beta 58's for years. Also, I prefer my Beta 87 to my 58. However, I am looking to get something different from the way the 565 is made. The 565 has been used on some of the most iconic recordings and live performances in rock and roll. It is kind of a thing for me.
Looking more for an opinion as to the MIM/MIA thing than anything else.

 

[dmac1961]

Shure has been producing mics in Mexico for years now, the PG series has always been made in Mexico. I'm not familiar w/ the 565 you mention, but it is likely a newer model if it's MIM.

 

[Munjibunga]

Been using SM and Beta 58's for years. Also, I prefer my Beta 87 to my 58. However, I am looking to get something different from the way the 565 is made. The 565 has been used on some of the most iconic recordings and live performances in rock and roll. It is kind of a thing for me.
Looking more for an opinion as to the MIM/MIA thing than anything else.

Which iconic recordings?

 

[iriegnome]

Called Shure - Thanks Yango..
Actually these mic's have been around for years and years. They were originally MIA,
moved production over to Mexico in the early-mid 1980's and are now made in China.
He does not have many stats about the when's of the moves, but that was as near as he could come to where the productions moved. He also said everything uses the same parts and pieces, just assembled elsewhere.

 

[iriegnome]

Munji - Anything and almost everything Freddie Mercury did was on a 565SD.

 

[Itzayana]

If it is "pre" sm58 and NOT made in the USA it is not the real thing.

 

[iriegnome]

They were originally MIA. Moved to Mexico plant, now are made in china plant

 

[Hellbastard]

Munji - Anything and almost everything Freddie Mercury did was on a 565SD.

And you know know that no matter what gear you use, you will never, ever sound or be like Freddy Mercury, right?

 

[iriegnome]

Ha!! yes of course. Not looking to sound like him. Looking for the properties of the mic and my kind of voice. It is why I went to the Beta 87 instead of the Beta 58, but I really like the polar pattern and the dynamic properties that the 565 has

 

[Munjibunga]

Munji - Anything and almost everything Freddie Mercury did was on a 565SD.

Thank you for the edification.

 

[Munjibunga]

I'm partial to the KSM9.

 

[iriegnome]

Nice with the switchable Polar patterns