Disassembled Counterfeit/Fake SM57 vs a REAL Shure SM57

[moucon]

The problem is that Shure is already jobbing out misc. parts to China - so they're already tooled up to make the case, the bag, the clip , the whatever. It's a short hop and a jump for them to just counterfeit the rest of it. USA industry has encouraged this kind of thing. The Chinese apparently have no cultural barriers re: trademark or brand and could care less that they're misrepresenting good products with garbage.

[hypah2]

I bet Shure makes these counterfeits too, then distributes them out into the marketplace so that people despair of buying used SM57's and all want to go buy brand new ones that are marked up way too high.

Unless some shady business out there has the skill and resources necessary to make such perfect-looking and somewhat functional replicas, yet doesn't bother to spend the extra 5 cents per unit to produce the parts that would make it fully functional... I doubt that.

[Stuart3844]

Great video. I just got a fake one. Most of the info on the web is a bit old and the fakers have obviously got better so the tell tale signs a few years ago are not valid any more. I might add a video responce with some of the 'features' on mine to help the cause.

Thanks

[fucdemas]

@Stuart3844 thanks. Please make a response. I'd like to see some of the other fakes out there.

[Stuart3844]

@fucdemas I got a refund (dont think the guy new what he was selling) , but took some pics before returning it. I will try to bind them into a movie and post it soon

[subcultro]

I just bought 2 SM57's on ebay that look identical to the fake you took apart. Thanks for the video. Time to go kick some ass.

[fucdemas]

@subcultro Thanks! After I got ripped off I figured I could help the world. Glad to see at least one kind soul found salvation.

[AOMCmusic]

Those fakes have gotta cost like $5 to make, if even, and would probably cost about that much on a fair market. I feel sorry for anyone who accidentally payed close to $100 for a fake.

[dontgoplastic]

Don't know what this is, but I was jammin' the whole time.