Cheap mic to record guitars

[arv_foh]

Unscrew the cap and check the leads. Use a jewelers screwdriver and check the XLR leads. It may just be a cold solder joint.
Also, Shure has a $50 bench fee for dynamics but every time I've sent one back they've just sent me a brand new mic regardless of the age or condition of the mic I sent them. I've done this 10+ times.

Yep and if it is still under warranty and you've got the receipt (2 years) they will send you a brand new mic free of charge.

I just sent in an SM58 that was quite obviously beat to shit on the stage, I mean literally this mic was so wrecked it sounded like a shitty transistor radio (but still under warranty) and they sent me a brand new 58, no charge.

 

[IBmixin]

+1 on the i5 idea... i like them much more than 57's on guitar cabs and snares. or an e609 all three are awesome mics that you can find used for around $60... i would personally never again buy a shure mic used tho, just because i bought a fake once and it sucked.

 

[LBTM]

i5 here is about the same as the sm57.

IBminin any samples of the i5 on guitar?

 

[Trevoire520]

If you download my mesa impulses there's i5 and 57 variants. Personally I prefer the 57 but the i5 is good too.

 

[LBTM]

If you download my mesa impulses there's i5 and 57 variants. Personally I prefer the 57 but the i5 is good too.

Your impulses are great man! May I ask a question? Is there an audible difference between the 4 same speakers in the same cab?

 

[lanky noob]

Your impulses are great man! May I ask a question? Is there an audible difference between the 4 same speakers in the same cab?

Yep and it's huge. There's a thread form not too long ago comparing 4 different speakers in a mesa 4x12 somewhere

 

[LBTM]

Yep and it's huge. There's a thread form not too long ago comparing 4 different speakers in a mesa 4x12 somewhere

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/f-o-h/839540-comparison-each-speaker-recto-4x12.html

I didn't except such a difference

 

[bryan_kilco]

http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/f-o-h/839540-comparison-each-speaker-recto-4x12.html

I didn't except such a difference

Me either. Crazy, right!?! Honestly, you could most likely post-EQ the tone of each of them to get closer to the tone of another. And in a mix, it'd probably be almost un-noticable anyway.

 

[lanky noob]

There's the thread I was on about!!

But yeah, it is a crazy difference, especially speaker 4 :|

 

[if6was9]

Gotta say recording guitar is the ONLY pro audio thing that the most commonly used piece of gear is cheap at like 100€/$. Might as well get the industry standard when it's one of the cheapest options out there!