Feature:
None. But none needed.

Quality:
Build quality and qual control on Shure products are one of the best. Made in the good ole USA. Shure isn't BSing you when it says that this mic is consistently the top choice of performers around the world.

Value:
Worth the money.

Desirability:
Sex appeal of a mic? It's conventional looking.

Sound:
OK, this isn't necessarily designed for recording, but the SM58 is an industry standard when it comes to performance applications. No mic I know of out there beats the SM58 in overall performance and reliability in performance applications.

Support:
I have dealt with their CS and it is prompt and informative.

Feature:
What can you say. An oldie but a goodie...in design.

Quality:
The huge bulb shaped mesh grill, I wish would be more tainted to more of a design like its Beta 87 design. That is just a personal wish is all. However, what can you say. This design has been around for years.

Value:
By far. A good sound system starts with a good board, and also a good microphone. No matter how smooth sounding your speakers sound, a good microphone degrades the quality of the overall sound. For its price, it is a very good stepping stone in starting or better yet, an upgrade from those cheap microphones for your audio system

Desirability:
Still like the beta 87 design is all. Just because of the mesh grill

Sound:
It is the perfect microphone for someone doing a speech, or a lecture. The way the sound is tailored for this microphone suits it purpose.

Ease of Use:
Again, if you know your microphones, you will know how to maximize the use of this microphone. Good lecture and speech microphone. Also a great backup vocalist microphone. However, I would not recommend it as a lead vocalist. The beta version will give you more gain before feedback!

Overall:
sounds good for what it is worth. You want more even higher quality products, then upgrade to a beta 58. If you really want a great smoother sounding microphone, then go one step further with the beta 87 a or c

Feature:
Just one pattern but when that's what you need it does the trick.

Quality:
Are you kidding? I bought mine in 1966 (hey, maybe I've got a collectable). Looks all beat up and it still works.

Value:
Let me see....I think it was about the same price back in '66 as it is now. That would come to about 0.7 cents a day. Pretty good deal, eh?.

Desirability:
It lasts

Sound:
A workhorse vocal stage mike. Gets an 8 for the studio, get a condenser mike if you want crystal purity.

Support:
Can't say, never needed it

Feature:
As a performance mic, it could do with an on-button standard.

Quality:
Quality control - excellent. Very consistent performance amongst the various Sm58's I have used. Rugged rugged rugged.

Value:
$90 is pocket change in the sound world and this mic is one helluva deal.

Desirability:
ummm

Sound:
This mic is the through and through industry standard for live performance. No mic I know of combines quality and on-stage reliability like the SM58. As far, as recording goes, for a less-than$100 mic, it works damn well. In this price range, I would recommend a SM57 over this one for recording purposes.

Support:
Shure cs has always been prompt and informative in my experience.

Overall:
Need a live mic? Look no further.

Feature:
Excellent

Quality:
Will out last anything in mics today.

Value:
You won't find this sound for this price in any other brand.

Desirability:
The SM58 may not have the greatest look when you see all the purty mics out there but why would you select a pretty mic over quaity of sound, da?

Sound:
As far as live sound this mics has been a favorite of mine for over 30 years. The most durable road mic you'll find bar none.

Support:
I have several different Shure mics of different brands. Some are for studio use and others are for live use on the road. Each time I look and hear mics I always seem to come back to the tried and true Shure.

Overall:
I would not search for another products because this one does it for me. i'm sold on the SM58. As a matter of fact I in here now to buy another.

Feature:
No It doesn't have anything but it's a mic...

Quality:
I would say that shure sm58 is the toughest mic... It never brakes...

Value:
I think it's ok

Desirability:
Well I think I like it but....

Sound:
It's a good stage mic. Now for the studio... I know people prefer the condensers... me not. In the studio you cannot find bad mics unless if they are very cheap. It's all personal expectations and preferences. For me It works fine for recording vocals but not instruments. I don't use the condensers anymore but only this only for a special type of songs. Sorry but if you guys want an excellent recording production better get different mics and use which one works better for each specific song. One mic cannot solve the problem.

Ease of Use:
Nothing hard

Support:
No Idea...

Overall:
Good mic for stage and recordings. It's all based on your personal expectations and what kind of sound you wanna give.

Feature:
"unbreakable???" mic clip, whatever that means, and some weird velcro strap. VERY nice carrying case, and even the box makes me salivate.

Quality:
how the HELL can shure sell this thing at such a low price? they should make bulletproof vests out of SM58 cases. It's beautiful too.

Value:
like the guy below says, worth its weight in gold.

Desirability:
theres nothing sexier than simplicity. this is black and silver. that's it. nice and heavy. Solid. And the ring that says Shure Sm58 is in exactly the right place.

Sound:
I love Shure. They give you tons of instructions on how to use it different ways. to mic an instrument, take off the windscreen. to have a bassy sound, work close. This microphone will let you discover everything about producing and live performance, with a beginner's price. I hardly have a studio to do it justice, but I've used it before and all the problems i encounter are the fault of my interface.

Support:
awesome warranty, and comes with a beginner's manual on how to use it.

Overall:
try and find a better factory-made stage microphone. i dare you. no one can improve on this. There is an on/off version, a wireless version, and an instrument version(SM57), but i like mine the way it is. I'll never have to wire this.

Feature:
it came with all its accessories and the features is excellent

Quality:
shure has made a microphone thats very reliable...its the best mic you can ever purchace

Sound:
it has the best sound you can ever imagine. i've purchased the sm58 on jan. 12...and i'm planning on buy a few more :)

Sound:
God help us, there is some disinformation on this site is unbelievable!!! Let's start at the beginning I will try to take them one at a time. The Shure SM58 is an industry standard today for live vocals and speech, it has been for about forty years! It's not really a studio mic but you will find it on a number of major studio recordings nevertheless. The Shure Beta58 is supercardioid, has a little more output than a regular SM58, and is a little brighter. Whether or not one is better than the other is personal preference and is of course affected by the particular person using it. The SM58 is a cardioid microphone not an omni. The SM57 has the same cardioid pattern as the SM58. Both mics are basically the same microphone except for the ball-end windscreen of the SM58 which offers more pop protection but also a more rolled off high end. Both mics have a rise in the 6K area which is 95% of the time not a problem but actually a help in getting sound to cut through. The main reason the 58 is more commonly used for vocals than the 57 is not the pattern because thier patterns are the same. the actual reason is the additional pop filter of the 58. The SM57/58 is not the greatest studio mic if you are looking to capture every last detail in someones voice but they are both very solid performers for live or studio work. When someone tells you the SM57/58 is a crappy sounding mic keep in mind that the SM57 has been used as the mic on the podium of the president of the United States for nearly as long as it has been around. Last time you heard a speech by the president did it sound boomy, thin, or somehow crappy? I don't think so... God help us, the disinformation on this site is unbelievable!!! Let's start at the beginning I will try to take them one at a time. The Shure SM58 is an industry standard today for live vocals and speech, it has been for about forty years! It's not really a studio mic but you will find it on a number of major studio recordings nevertheless. The Shure Beta58 is supercardioid, has a little more output than a regular SM58, and is a little brighter. Whether or not one is better than the other is personal preference and is of course affected by the particular person using it. The SM58 is a cardioid microphone not an omni. The SM57 has the same cardioid pattern as the SM58. Both mics are basically the same microphone except for the ball-end windscreen of the SM58 which offers more pop protection but also a more rolled off high end. Both mics have a rise in the 6K area which is 95% of the time not a problem but actually a help in getting sound to cut through. The main reason the 58 is more commonly used for vocals than the 57 is not the pattern because thier patterns are the same. the actual reason is the additional pop filter of the 58. The SM57/58 is not the greatest studio mic if you are looking to capture every last detail in someones voice but they are both very solid performers for live or studio work. When someone tells you the SM57/58 is a crappy sounding mic keep in mind that the SM57 has been used as the mic on the podium of the president of the United States for nearly as long as it has been around. Last time you heard a speech by the president did it sound boomy, thin, or somehow crappy? I don't think so...

Sound:
I have owned and used the Shure SM58 for 18 years I have used these mikes in live performing in some wild venues and to comment on using this mike for live recording,I have recorded over 300 vocals over a span of 10 years which the audiences continue to compliment on the great sound and I am still using the original mikes as of this date 09-21-09,now if any mike can do better and produce the same results year after year for the price,I personally don't think it has been created yet.