Was this a used mic when you got it? Maybe it kept coming loose for the previous owner and they put a bunch of threadlocker on it or something.

Garth wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:43 pm Wow. That's...kinda nuts. You could probably use a pipe wrench if you can't get the vice grips. Might need to (carefully) dremel it off.

Not sure what kinda spit could have gummed that up so badly unless the singer has been gargling epoxy or something.

Yeah it's baffling to me. I lent it to me daughter while she was doing a course for a while but she says nothing was spilt on it, no bad drops etc.

Garth wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 2:43 pm The bad part is it doesn't even address the rattle to begin with which sounds like the capsule has come undone or loose in some way which I have never seen before. Wild.

That's what I was thinking too. It still works, but the rattle is unsettling.

Nate Dort wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 3:43 pm Was this a used mic when you got it? Maybe it kept coming loose for the previous owner and they put a bunch of threadlocker on it or something.

No, bought brand new quite a few years ago. At this point I'm wondering if I bought a fake because this issue with the grille seems almost absurd. I'm pretty sure it was a genuine mic though, and I got it before the proliferation of fake mics - they seem to be everywhere these days.

I have a couple of older 58s with mangled grilles that absolutely will not come off. I've been meaning to clamp them in a vise at some point but haven't ever gotten around to it.

mdc wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 4:14 pm I have a couple of older 58s with mangled grilles that absolutely will not come off. I've been meaning to clamp them in a vise at some point but haven't ever gotten around to it.

Do let us know how you get on.