Sennheiser MD421 vs Shure SM57 for Metal Guitar - Blind Test - Mesa Boogie TriAxis/2:90

[@mattcoen]

For a shootout it's best to have both mics on the same speaker. Speakers in a 412 can sound surprisingly different.

[@maxgorelick]

Yeah I realize that now. Still worth something though

[@XChristianNoirX]

@@maxgorelick this is especially true with an angled cab too, if you are mic'ing a bottom and top speaker.

[@ueharajunior21]

riffage is insane! kudos.
nice comparison by the way, i love the tone the MD421 gave.
i might get one now and blend it with my sm57

[@wolverine3344]

Uehara Junior same. I think the wider freq range provides more lows and highs, while SM57 fills in the mids. Perfect combo. Glenn Fricker has a video doing that same (though substituting Audio D2) blending through a cheap mixer.

[@jerjabs]

Both sound good and a nice blend of the two would produce some great tracks.

[@SatellitesInTheCity]

Excellent comparison video! Based on this I prefer the MD421.

[@jjboogie1]

I guessed it right. I just literally took an SM57 off my cab in the stu because it was just too harsh and thin.

[@19MadMike95]

I could hear the sm57 immediately. Probably helps that I have 8 of them lol. Even thrown off by two different speakers the tonality of the 57 was still there.

[@camiloandres6666]

Really helpfull video thanks man!!!!!

[@padraig88]

I was expecting the opposite!

[@dussio22]

great riffer man. good hand

[@FR-ho6pn]

Record both. 1 mic panned left 1 panned right. PHAT tone

[@kingpriapatius5832]

Excellent.

[@taztherocker1]

Great playing.

[@freakcomposer]

Md421 wins for me, punchier, more clear and more viby

[@andreapetucco6746]

You can very easily spot the mic but the test is not reliable, an angled speaker sounds very different from a straight one.

[@mvwoon]

Not to a mic

[@bre4dfish]

fire riff, good vid

[@maxgorelick]

thx m8!

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[@dannon2010]

I was afraid I couldn’t ID. I did. It’s pretty obvious.

[@peteygreen2984]

Mic 1 bro fa sure playboyyyyy beaaaaaaayytaaaahhh

[@gatopardo9960]

MD421

[@panpozor]

1. Sm57 2. MD421

[@AndreySedov]

- 2 - 421

[@guitarboy4000000]

The first one is the 57

[@MarmotteAbbas]

Easy the 421 is the one which sounds bad

[@krystianstrzeszynski6527]

sm57 plays here cut the lower tones, and 421 is the one that sounds more natural and fiery

[@lushkordz6643]

so boring tone 3> 3> 3>