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[QUOTE="DonnyThompson, post: 430326, member: 46114"]
I got them backwards... thanks for the correction, Kyle.

The 57/58 is a mic you will still be using years from now... workhorses, built to take nuclear war type catastrophe, ( [I]or laying out for a full winter under the ice and snow and then being run over by a lawnmower in the spring...ask me how I know [/I]LOL) and still work just fine.  You can use them with great success on guitar amps, snare drums, toms, brass, and even vocals.  You'll find at least 6 in almost any pro studio's mic locker.

While they aren't the first choice for vocal or acoustic instrument recording - most prefer a nice condenser - they're still very useable.  And, as mentioned, if you are recording in a space that suffers from ringing and reflection, dynamic mics like the 57/58's can be more forgiving with those issues than a condenser will.

For the $200 you have to spend, 2 of these, or one of each, is your best bet, and best bang for the buck, because you'll never replace them or upgrade them.... you'll find a multitude of recording scenarios where they'll come in handy and sound good.
You may end up improving your mic collection as time passes, and adding different models to your collection, but you won't ever be sorry about having these around, now or in the future.

I still use an SM57 that I bought new in 1978... I use it on guitar amps, vocals for my live solo act, snare, it was the best $65 I ever spent ( this was the cost of a new 57 in 1978). It's also the exact same one that I ran over with a lawnmower after it had laid out under the ice and snow for a full winter.  ;)
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