how to ID fake sm-57 webpage, may be useful, fyi, fwiw, etc...

Started by jibberish, November 17, 2012, 11:34:55 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 3 Guests are viewing this topic.


RAGER

No Focus Pocus

neighbor664

The second half of #6 is not true. I have handled hundreds of new Shure microphones, sm-57, sm-58, UA, ULX and UR kits purchased directly from Shure.  They come with vinyl(pleather) bags, not leather.

Jake

poop.

jibberish

i have to find the bag now and see too, wherever the hell it is in this mess

moose23

The fakes normally don't have a transformer so if you open them up it's just hot glue and tissue or newspaper.

The real ones will have different colours either side or the transformer so if you open up the capsule end and the xlr end and it's the same wire or same colour wires then it's fake.

the weight difference is also generally down to the lack of transformer too so fake one will e much lighter.

Jake

Also the fakes are more rounded, less teardrop-y, and tend sit higher on the chest. Many times, they will also feel unnaturally firm, with a small scar near the edge of the areola or in the armpit.
poop.

RnRJanitor

Buy from a reputable dealer with good reviews/ratings. If you've never heard of the place, the price is too good to be true and/or it ships from Asia then buyer beware. 57's and 58's don't cost that much, I don't see much of a reason to cheap out on those mics and I'm a cheap bastard.

RAGER

No Focus Pocus

jibberish

buying a used 58 is possibly the most disgusting thing i could think of. 
get them new for $80-90 every now and then when there is a good promo. or $50 at the end of the show heh

RAGER

Quote from: jibberish on November 18, 2012, 04:34:29 PM
buying a used 58 is possibly the most disgusting thing i could think of. 
get them new for $80-90 every now and then when there is a good promo. or $50 at the end of the show heh
No.. Singing into a club mic is.  Fucking nasty.  Always bring my own.
No Focus Pocus

jibberish

Quote from: RAGER on November 18, 2012, 09:10:27 PM
Quote from: jibberish on November 18, 2012, 04:34:29 PM
buying a used 58 is possibly the most disgusting thing i could think of. 
get them new for $80-90 every now and then when there is a good promo. or $50 at the end of the show heh
No.. Singing into a club mic is.  Fucking nasty.  Always bring my own.

haha that's EXACTLY what i was imagining..and it would more likely be a 58 and not a 57. that is deep level gross-out territory for me

Mr. Foxen

Quote from: RAGER on November 18, 2012, 09:10:27 PM
Quote from: jibberish on November 18, 2012, 04:34:29 PM
buying a used 58 is possibly the most disgusting thing i could think of. 
get them new for $80-90 every now and then when there is a good promo. or $50 at the end of the show heh
No.. Singing into a club mic is.  Fucking nasty.  Always bring my own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdxvVNlRiKs

spookstrickland

Quote from: Mr. Foxen on November 18, 2012, 11:16:11 PM
Quote from: RAGER on November 18, 2012, 09:10:27 PM
Quote from: jibberish on November 18, 2012, 04:34:29 PM
buying a used 58 is possibly the most disgusting thing i could think of. 
get them new for $80-90 every now and then when there is a good promo. or $50 at the end of the show heh
No.. Singing into a club mic is.  Fucking nasty.  Always bring my own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdxvVNlRiKs


That's exactly why I bring my own mic LOL
I'm beginning to think God was an Astronaut.
www.spookstrickland.com
www.tombstoner.org