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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 15:21:31
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Spaceduck
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 15:30:22
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ORIGINAL: ohhey
I just assumed by the number of them available and the price that they were all fakes. I had no idea it was so widespread, but thatt explains a lot of things. I keep seeing new "SM58" and "SM57" mics with a Buy It Now price of $50. I came this close to buying one once. But jeez, those counterfeiters are pretty stupid. Why copy a SM58 for a few bucks profit when they could just as easily make a Neumann copy and make a few grand a pop? Oh well Like the guy says in Casablanca, "This place ees full of wultures... fulllll of wultures...."
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 16:26:07
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That is a Radioshack mic (you can see the letters) with a 58 style grill. What BS
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 19:15:27
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I would never buy a SM58 or SM57 off e-bay. + 1 Aren't they already cheap enough? Picking up a used pedal at the local Used-Crap-O-Rama is one thing, but do you really want something that various mystery people have breathed and spat on? Sometimes it's best to bite the bullet and flat-out buy something new from a reputable dealer. Along with tampons and prescription medications, I'd have to add microphones to that list.
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 19:30:18
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a copy of a substandard mic... perhaps it is an improvement...
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 19:40:52
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a copy of a substandard mic... ???? I think you're the first person I've heard express discontent for the SM58!
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 19:44:27
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ORIGINAL: Jessie Sammler
do you really want something that various mystery people have breathed and spat on? Along with tampons and prescription medications, I'd have to add microphones to that list.
Gross... I suddenly feel like I need a bath...
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 19:47:35
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A clever edit has certainly put an unsavory spin on what I said. For the record, I'd like to point out that I'm never actually in the room while strangers are breathing and spitting on my tampons.
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 19:54:29
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ORIGINAL: Jessie Sammler
For the record, I'd like to point out that I'm never actually in the room while strangers are breathing and spitting on my tampons.
 A word about the SM58... even though they may not have the best sound quality, you gotta love a mic that you can bash into the stage and not miss a beat. From a Roger Daltrey interview interview: "I took the mike up in front of the crowd and said, “these are the best mics in the world because you can do this!†and I literally slammed it on the floor with as much force as I could muster. The crowd just sat there in horror. I bent over and calmly picked it up and carried on speaking. It was still perfect. Now if you’re someone from Shure, you can’t have a better act than that. It was a dangerous stunt to pull but it proved my point. The mic sounded exactly the same after I hurled it to the floor as it did before. What more could a rock singer need?" Roger Daltrey's beat up SM58: 
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 20:17:13
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Note the "seller" on the ebay page... "lilgirl"? and no feedback. Never ever buy from Ebay from an seller with no seller feedback.
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 20:30:32
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ORIGINAL: foxwolfen
Note the "seller" on the ebay page... "lilgirl"? and no feedback. Never ever buy from Ebay from an seller with no seller feedback.
Just for laughs I sent "lilgril" a question, politely asking where the mic came from and if it is a genuine Shure (since, as rumley spotted, it's an obvious Radio Shack!). If I get a reply it oughta be a hoot...
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 21:09:19
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Look at their other auctions. Often they'll give you clues about what the seller is up to. Edited for typho. I mean typo.
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/07 21:30:29
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ORIGINAL: aaronk
a copy of a substandard mic...
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I think you're the first person I've heard express discontent for the SM58!
everyone I have met that has even remotely tried an Audix OM3 or 5 has come to realize the dregs that are the SMs IMHO, and theirs'
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/08 03:00:54
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ORIGINAL: aaronk
a copy of a substandard mic...
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I think you're the first person I've heard express discontent for the SM58!
oh - I've heard a couple as well. I know for a fact that the Nady SP-1 is almost indistinguishable from it.
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RE: Fake Shure SM58s being passed off as the real thing?
2008/05/08 13:16:48
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and I literally slammed it on the floor with as much force as I could muster. The crowd just sat there in horror. I bent over and calmly picked it up and carried on speaking. It was still perfect. Thr mic survived - I wonder about the woofers on the PA system he was using at that point - sounds like the audience may have ended up wearing the cones and voice coils.
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