Microphone Hire

What do Josh Homme, Patti Smith, Public Enemy, Henry Rollins, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, The Edge, Green Day, Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Joe Satriani, Jonny Marr, Chris Cornell, Billy Corgan, Robert Smith, Mark Knopfler, Sheryl Crowe, Grimes, Eddie Vedder, Blur….. all have in common?

That’s right. They all have used, use and swear by the Shure SM58 mic range. In use since 1966 in countless venues and studios, on tours and in recording sessions the Shure SM58s dynamic microphone is a simple and powerful piece of kit.

This microphone for hire is built to stand the toughest performers and for the toughest live conditions. As with the entire SM58 Range, this microphone for rent has the following basic specs:

• Bass roll off at the low end to minimise rumble and a defined mid to high end, making this a great mic choice for vocals
• Uniform cardioid pickup pattern for isolating main source and limiting background noise
• Inbuilt shock protection and pop filter - great for live applications by cutting down handling noise
• Break resistant stand adapter with 180° rotation
• XLR outs
• Fresh set of fully charged batteries
• This is the switched model

Tech specs:

• Moving coil dynamic studio microphone
• Frequency response 50 - 15,000Hz
• Sensitivity (at 1,000 Hz open circuit voltage) –54.5 dBV/Pa (1.85 mV) / 1 Pa = 94 dB SPL
• Rated impedance is 150 Ω (300 Ω actual) for connection to microphone inputs rated low impedance
• Polarity - Positive pressure on diaphragm produces positive voltage on pin 2 with respect to pin 3
• Three-pin professional audio connector (male XLR type)
• Dark grey, enamel-painted, die cast metal; matte-finished case
• Silver coloured, spherical steel mesh grille
• 298 grams net weight