Wireless hand-held microphone grill maintenance & repair

Brief article explaining how to replace squashed, dented grills on hand held wireless microphones and where to bring the damaged ones for repair.

Shure microphone grills take quite a beating

 

Brand new SM-58s are awesome to behold, but as Chris Taylor says: 

"I think it looks bad on us when we hand the guest a mic that looks like it's driven its fair share of nails."

Microphones that get dropped on their heads take on a battered appearance.

This flat-headed specimen might work for a blues harmonica, but not with our classroom PA systems.

If you spot hand-held microphones in charging stations or booths with grills that are anything but spherical,

Please use this Microphone Grill Replacement Spreadsheet to help us coordinate maintenance.

There are labeled bins on the shelf in AH G197 for GOOD and BAD SM-58 grills.

Student Rovers routinely check hand held microphones in classrooms and replace the badly dented grills.

Armed with with wooden dowels and rubber mallets, they refurbish the damaged domes.

Take what you need from AH G197, swap in damaged ones, "and the Keebler Elves with fix them right up."

For quick replacement, Grab & Go stations should have a special bin for Shure microphone parts.