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Shure SM58 vs BETA 58A

  • 10-02-2009 03:43PM
    #1
    TheBa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭


    Hey guys.

    I'm about to buy a new vocal mic online. Funds are tight and I need a mic quickly! Here are the two I've narrowed it down to:

    New Shure SM58 = €80
    Used Shure BETA 58A = €90

    What would you guys advise?...

    Which is a better buy? 5 votes

    New Shure SM58 @ €80
    0% 0 votes
    Used Shure BETA 58A @ €90
    100% 5 votes


Comments

  • #2
    ogy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭ogy


    definitely the beta, its a really great mic and €90 is a great price presuming its in pwo.


  • #3
    TheBa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 164 ✭✭TheBa


    Thanks ogy. Any other input?
    I've bought one SM58 but my drummer said he' take that for backing vocals if I go for the Beta.


  • #4
    Creamy Sonic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 91 ✭✭Creamy Sonic


    +1 beta.


  • #5
    Savman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭Savman


    -1 for Beta 58. Would much prefer the SM58.


  • #6
    PaulBrewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,790 ✭✭✭PaulBrewer


    Methinks this is a -

    'Which is better, a banana or parachute? ' type question.


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  • #7
    stevood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 210 ✭✭stevood


    Have both and much prefer the Beta


  • #8
    Savman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,323 ✭✭✭Savman


    PaulBrewer wrote: »
    Methinks this is a -

    'Which is better, a banana or parachute? ' type question.
    Maybe. If someone owns a rake of mics and prefers a Beta 58A, so be it but I would doubt that's the case. I suspect a lot of first time buyers think it'll beat an SM58 simply because it's more expensive or it has a flashy blue ring and sounds honkier brighter.


  • #9
    ogy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 616 ✭✭✭ogy


    i sang through a sm58 for ages but switched to a beta 58 about 6 months ago after using one at a gig. i think the sm58 is a good mic but the beta58 is more responsive to subtle changes in position and tone when singing, regardless of what i ever did with the sm58 i always ended up singing everything up close (eating the mic!:)). with the beta i can back away for shouty bits, move in for falsetto notes etc. and it responds like i want it to.


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