SM-57- Real vs Fake and Mod Links

The following is  multi-purpose, multi-topic, Shure sm-57 and sm-58 post.   Real vs Fake (I like mine real), modifications, and random info to help you (and me) not get ripped off and make better records.

 Real vs Fake   

-A pdf with German and English on Fake vs Real- 

-A site that does a good run down of Fake vs Real- 

Mods

-DIY Recording Equipment List of Mods- this led me down the 57 Rabbit Hole-

-GearSlutz Take on the 57 TAB-Funkenwerk Transformer Mod- (buy the transformer here from Mercenary Audio)

-GearSlutz Take on the TapeOp Mod-

-The Hux Capacitor's take on the TapeOp Mod- 

-TapeOp Message Board on the Mod- with instructions on making a remote transformer insert

-Recording Mag's Impedance Mod Article- Really indepth

-The Granelli G5790 Mod Kit- Elbow/90 degree 57

-Recording Hacks General Info on 57- Excellent Resource and FAQ

Boss DS-1 Mods

Who doesn't have an extra DS-1 laying around that they don't want to get rid of, but don't like to use?  Mod that bitch up, with some links to help.  If I ever trust my soldering skills enough, I will post my process and results.
The Instructables Tutorial- as always, great step by step if you have the skills
Premier Guitars Take-
Erik's Corner-  a couple of new takes on the SD-1 mod, with a tube screamer emulator from a good pedal builder.

Gear Mods and Fixes

I told one of my boys that I would look up some of his gear that either needs a fix up or a mod.

Alesis Powered Monitors- they have a busted capacitor on them- this shouldn't be too hard, and I may try just draining the capacitor too, if I don't see burn marks and such like in this article. This post tells the values to get-

MXR Blue Box- The C11 Mod with a switch (by noise fx)- this seems to be defacto- this article shows how to put a switch in line, but you can also just cut that mo fo C11 cap off.- Update, I did clip the cap off of this, and it made the sustain much longer and the out put a lot hotter. This is really easy and I can step someone through it on the phone.

The Tubescreamer ts9 mod- make it sound like a ts808, and a company that does this.

Digitech PDS 1002 Delay-

Digitech PDS2000 Sampler-

Analogman.com- a company that does pedal mods

I just won a Symetrix SX202

I did some mic preamp research in an earlier post, and I ran across a deal on a Symetrix SX202 that I couldn't pass up, and since it was on my good list and in my price range (aka cheap) I bought it. The catch and main reason I went for it, there are tons of documented mods to this (main one by Monte McGuire), most of which involve changing the op amps out. So when I make the plunge for a high roller pre, I can mod this one up.






The main mod is changing out 4560 ICs and replacing the compensation caps on the new IC's.  It should be a pretty straight forward process.

-The manual pdf

-The Gear Slutz Forum- This has good info and is the best starting place.
-A Tape Op Message Board Mod Post- it has some specific IC's to change out