Ideal Tips About How To Spot A Fake Shure Microphone
Learn how to spot a forgery of a shure beta58 microphone.
How to spot a fake shure microphone. They also offer a repair service where most people indicate means they. I am posting this so people can spot the fake ones. Many counterfeit shure microphones come with a cable in the box;
Most the fakes will not have the dc stamp on them in the center of the top of the element or any stamp and they are in white. Space between capsule and the body. In this video we will look at how to replace a trashed diaphragm and voice coil on a shure sm57 microphone.
Thats the only way to be 100% certain. If the box includes a cable but isn't. I made the mistake of buying a shure sm58 off.
If you buy it from a shure dealer (as listed on their site probably), you get a shure mic. I made the mistake of buying a shure sm58 off ebay, and got a fake one. Due to the poor quality of the mic, you would find that fake sm weighs less than the original one.
Ok how to know a beta 58 fake from the real deal. On the genuine shure stickers the paper on the underside is black, whereas on the fakes it is white and can also be seen as a thin white border on the front of the sticker. Checking the mic weight of the mic.
Shure makes a replacement part called the r57. The inside wires connecting the capsule to the body should be green and yellow. It is an instantly recognizable icon for performance and can.
There are lots of mics being copied in china and the mic manufacturers from around the world spend. The threading on the microphone housing where the windscreen is screwed on should be shiny silver, not dull black in color.