ShureBETA 52A Kick Drum Microphone - Supercardioid Dynamic Mic with High Output Neodymium Element, Locking Stand Adapter, Durabl Steel Mesh Grille and Shock Mount

These work so good in bass drums!

Excelente

The Shure Beta 52A is a specialty mic. If you want a microphone for voice do NOT buy this mic. If you want to mic the kick (bass) drum of a drumset then this is for you. The unit has a spring loaded thread mount so it will stay pointed forward at the end of a boom stand placed inside the kick drum. (Kinda handy since fitting your hand inside to adjust isn’t easy). If you are using it outside the drum you can easily change angles and tighten the screw to save whatever angle you wish. The sound quality is excellent for this price point. It’s somewhat subjective as well but if this is your first jump into this market of live and recorded sound it’s a good place to start. Does better than this exist? Of course from Shure and others but you’ll definitely pay for it. The fact that this has a preset on Yamaha TF series mixers makes it easy to get started setting up. (You can use the preset as is or as a jumping off point for your fine tuning of EQ, compression, etc).Special note: this mic is heavy! Not bad at all but don’t go cheap on the kick drum boom stand. The onstage MS9411TB is a very heavy stable boom stand. That will handle a mic like this well. Last thing you will want is a good mic on a cheap stand. Mic + impact = bad news!

This is one of those mics that if it ever breaks, I would need a replacement immediately – on my old 8+ year old Beta 52A, the XLR male end kept coming loose - this was after hundreds of uses though - the reverse-thread screw on the *genuine* mics that holds the connector in place kept loosening which happens with most transported gear and, while easily being tightened back up, I finally ripped the whole connector out while taking a cable out. Once again, that’s after 8 continuous years of use and travel. I can re-solder it (and have done in the past) but I just don't have time or patience right now with the amount of gigs I am doing so I bought a nice, shiny new one…and I'll repair the old one and have two!I've used a variety of mics on a kick in the past (AKG, Shure PG series, Sennheiser) and this is **the one**. This is the only mic that I’ve ever used that actually provides a balance of "woof" and "slap", even on a kick drum with NO sound hole in front! With the right amount of EQ/Compression, you can make a kick drum sound stadium-like on any sound system.

Do I love the sound of this mic? You beta believe it! In fact, I'd beta lot of money that this is among the finest kick drum mics ever made.

If you want your kick drum to sound great, this is the mic. Sounds clear and punchy and needs minimal eq. That being said, I would still like to have the original packaging. As another reviewer mentioned, this did not arrive in the original Shure packaging, but rather it appears they removed the Shure branded outer sleeve, slapped an address label on the interior box and sent it out the door. In fact, it wasn’t even taped shut. Also having the original packaging helps if I sell it someday.

Great for the price

This is one of two mics I use on my kick drum, and it doesn't disappoint. Good sound, quality build, and reasonable price point. There's a reason Shure is an industry standard.