Bummer man, any idea of the cause of death? (or are you just going to let it die with dignity?) I had a Whirlwind mic cable that I bought in 1978 finally crap out last year. '78 must have been a good year. Over the years, I'm sure I resoldered a pin or two, but this time it wasn't a connector issue. I could have started cutting it and salvaged at least half of it, but I figured after faithfully working for the company for 37 years he'd earned full retirement.

RIP Donny's 57. In lieu of flowers, please send mic cables.

Oh D...so sorry to hear the sad news.

I only mentioned it in a post here yesterday too...about how you could run over an SM-57 with a car...or in your case a lawnmower.

I hope its passing was quick and painless for both it and yourself...although it is hard to let go of an old friend...I left my favorite '58 in a rehearsal room just before Christmas going on 4 years ago now...when I remembered it well into the new year it was too late...I had lost it to time. Now I may use many a '58 in years to come but losing that mic was like losing an old friend...
- I still think about that '58 every day to this day...there was something about it, something magic, nothing like it and it fit like an old shoe...and smelled like one too...

I hope you give that '57 a proper burial...back out in the snow...with full honours...as it truly deserves.

Although I never met that '57, it held legendary status here on RO...there may be many '57's, but none like that '57

It served you well Donny, rest its soul...as it makes its way to that big mic locker in the sky... :(

The Shure Brothers would be proud of you....trusty ol' '57

Sean G, post: 441509, member: 49362 wrote: it fit like an old shoe...and smelled like one too...

I laughed out loud at that one, Sean.(y)

dvdhawk, post: 441510, member: 36047 wrote: I laugh out loud at that one, Sean.(y)

Well...we have all been there, Dave. ;)

It's not by far over for SM57. Put that gem on a mantle, or transform it into a work of art, pal!
Just because it can't pass audio doesn't mean you should bury it!

I refuse to morn, its a new beginning!:love:

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maybe something like this:

I pulled it out of my gig bag, just as I have for so many years, mounted it on the mic clip, put it in n the stand, connected up a cable and....nuthin'.
Of course I switched cables, even went as far as to use another input on the mixer, but I knew those things wouldn't help...he was gone. He passed away sometime between gigs, safe and warm in my gig bag, in the familiar surroundings he had lived in for So many years.
The mic clip isn't taking it well; after all, they were joined together for so long, they had become close, they didn't always get along, but they obviously needed each other. I told the mic clip I'd be getting another mic for him soon, as soon as I could afford it. He seemed to hear me...but last night I heard the sound of soft crying coming from the bag...while the cables all sang a soft version of "Oh Danny Boy"... Which I don't get, because his name was Bob, not Dan... I mean, it was a microphone, why on earth would I name him Dan? ...but I let them sing anyway.

You didn't attempt CPR Donny?....not even slowly exhaling into him occassionally seperated by the odd "check, 1...2...? "

Or was the fact that he had flatlined on the VU's enough of a sign that you just had to let Bob go gracefully??

And I hate to ask this so soon, I know its hard to ask this type of question straight after a sudden loss...but was Bob on the donor list???.....

- Maybe some good could come from all this, maybe he could just save the life of another '57...so in his own little way a part of Bob could live on.