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[Robert Piascik]

Does anyone have a cheaper alternative source for this? They are slightly different from the SM-58 ball: the band is wider to accommodate the blue rubber band. I tried a few off Amazon and they all seem to have a different color band. I’m not interested in paying $45 for the Shure replacement.

Thanks in advance!

[Lev Raber]

Does anyone have a cheaper alternative source for this? They are slightly different from the SM-58 ball: the band is wider to accommodate the blue rubber band. I tried a few off Amazon and they all seem to have a different color band. I’m not interested in paying $45 for the Shure replacement.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, years ago I've bought a bunch of Shure 58/B58 grills from China for cheap to replace a damaged balls on my mics as needed, theses are my mics and I don't care much what musicians think about them to have exact 100% look of originals.

[Tim McCulloch]

Does anyone have a cheaper alternative source for this? They are slightly different from the SM-58 ball: the band is wider to accommodate the blue rubber band. I tried a few off Amazon and they all seem to have a different color band. I’m not interested in paying $45 for the Shure replacement.

Thanks in advance!

I got my replacements from Mark and Liz at www.audiopile.net/B-58

[Scott Holtzman]

I got my replacements from Mark and Liz at www.audiopile.net/B-58

They have good balls at Audiopile, not to be confused with Mike Pyle.  For cheap balls check out Seismic audio, they have black and other colors. 

[Brian Jojade]

Part of the reason the Beta 58 grills cost so much more is that they're a hardened steel.  They take a heck of a lot more abuse than the SM58 heads, and WAY more than the cheap China stuff that bends if you sing too loudly into it.

Of course, at $5 each, you can go through a bunch of China ones before you match the cost.

[Art Welter]

The harder steel in the Beta 58 screen does not deflect as easily, but that lack of impact shock absorption can result in a broken cartridge if a performer throws the mic down on a hard stage.

Two or three shows in a row..

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