Shure SM58
The stage microphone that survives almost anything and that singers have used for more than fifty years.
Ernie Seeler, an engineer at Shure, designed a dynamic microphone that survived knocks and still gave a clear vocal sound. The grille with foam reduces wind noise.
The SM58 became standard on stages all over the world. It survives being dropped, and the microphone has been made almost unchanged since 1966.
Materials: Steel, dynamic capsule, ball-shaped grille
Manufacture: Made by Shure in Chicago, later Niles, Illinois, from 1966.
The round steel grille with foam inside.
The slim handle.
The screw ring under the grille.