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The same stage microphone has been standard since 1966

The Shure SM58 is a budget dynamic built to survive being dropped Its shape and grille make it easy to hold close, which suits loud stages. Countless venues stock them because they keep working. It is a rare piece of audio gear that never needed a successor. It sits in Mondo's music collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The Shure SM58 is a budget dynamic built to survive being dropped. The figure is taken from Britannica, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a music fact?: Yes. It sits on the Music shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.