High-quality instrument miking at an affordable price.

The Shure PG57-XLR Instrument Microphone is an ideal choice for stage or studio miking of guitar amps, brass instruments, and saxophones. The PG57-XLR Mic has the rugged build and reliable performance Shure is famous for. Its cardioid pickup pattern rejects unwanted noise and minimizes feedback. The neodymium magnet delivers high output levels. Internal shockmounting reduces handling noise. Its probe-style hardened steel microphone grille allows closer placement to the sound source and provides increased cartridge protection. On/off switch.

Shure PG57-XLR Instrument Microphone Features:

• Ideal choice for stage or studio miking of guitar amps, brass instruments, and saxophones
• Rugged and reliable
• Cardioid pickup pattern
• Neodymium magnet for high output levels
• Internal shockmounting for reduced handling noise
• Probe-style grille allows closer placement to sound source

Shure PG57-XLR Instrument Microphone Includes:

• clip, mic pouch, educational guide, 15' XLR cable

For this price you can afford to buy several. Order today.

Shure PG57-XLR Instrument Microphone

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Posted by sgmonger13 from Chester, CT land of the cool on Jun 20, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Blues, Jam

My band bought this mic as an addition to our 2 PG58s that we use for vocals. We had heard the PG57 sounded just as good on vocals as it did on instruments, and since we needed another vocal mic we figured we may as well get a mic that was more versatile and could double as mic to record guitars in mt home studio. It was a good decision, and it has been our drummers vocal mic for two years now and been through almost 50 shows and many practices, it has been severeley abused but it still sounds great, the durability is just amazing on this thing. On the studio its just a bit tinny over our amps, it sounds similiar to the sm57 but a little worse.

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Awesome Mic!

Posted by keebordman from Cleveland, OH on Dec 20, 2008

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Keyboardist, Recording Engineer

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues, Jazz, Rock

These mics are amazing! I needed something to mic amps when a few of my friends and I got together, so I tryed out these. I experimented micing an amp with a pg58 I have and it sounded great! I decided to try the 57's, I ended up buying 2 of them! I have not used them a whole lot yet, but for the recordings I have done, they sound awesome. Crisp and clear. Mount it on one of those short desktop boom stands, throw it in front of an amp and you are good to go!

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Posted by sgmonger13 from Connecticut on Dec 8, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock and blues folk

My band picked this one at up at a local store, because we needed something rugged and that sounds great on anything. Its GREAT! We use it for vocals and acoustic guitars live, and we use it for guitar amps when we record. THis is such a great deal...GO AND BUY IT!!!

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Posted by LJorge from California on Mar 7, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Recording Engineer/Active Musician

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Punk

I own both the PG57 and SM57 and use them primarly for recording guitar and snare drum. I did a test with my Marshall JCM800 half stack with the SM57 and PG57 at the same position on two different speakers, each with the same input level. After recording a series of clean and distorted guitar parts, here are the results:

The two microphones have noticeably different tonal qualities. The PG has more output than the SM, but despite their similarities they sound entirely different. The SM is much warmer and has much more treble than the PG both on clean and distortion. The SM sounds much more natural than the PG and has a more focused pattern, so less background noise is picked up. The SM just sounds more real.

The verdict: Both the SM57 and PG57 are awesome mics! Although both will work very well for serious recording applications, if you have the cash, go for the SM57. If you're on a tighter budget, the PG57 is still an amazing mic for the price and you wont be let down!

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Posted by dougthebassman from minneapolis on Jan 24, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Sound recordist

Reviewer's Play Style: funk, rock, hip hop,

Amazing results on jazz bass. This microphone is half way in between a sm57 and a sm58. it works well on many things snatch these up.

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