thanks. very enlightening. i only listened to the e guitar samples as these were the only relevant comparisons in situations i would use a 57.
first thing that struck me was how the stock 57 sounded like ass compared to both modded mics and this was just in headphones. i think if it came to a dense mix, the stock still might still serve a purpose but i loved how both mods removed a lot of that brash mid scratch and honk. the increased low end response was quite unexpected.
