SKIP
THE
SM57
It has become the world’s
universal transducer, whether
one needs to capture audio
from a White House press
conference or the sound of a
Celestion Greenback pushed
to maximum operating
capacity.
The SM57’s ubiquity as
an electric guitar mic is
somewhat ironic in that
the man who brought it to
life, Shure engineer Ernie
Seeler, was notorious for his
Jamie Wolfert
disdain of rock music. He
The Shure SM57 is one of
had originally hoped that his
the few microphones that
baby would become a tool
most musicians, and even
for classical music recordists.
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