Can an SM58 be used as a guitar amp mike?

[seekz]

I heard from somewhere before that the SM58 and SM57 are essentially the same. And that the difference is mostly cosmetic.

Is that true?

And more so, I would like to know if I can record guitar amps with an SM58

 

[justinlimci'en]

hey i own both sm 57 and 58. and what i can say is that the sm57 requires more gain than the sm 58. though sm 57 is famous for miking drums and amplifier, i somethimes(just for fun) use the sm 58 to record guitars too. the sm 58 (if position closely) can give added bass reponse so it'll be quite interesting if u want to get a more fatter sound.

anyway, thats just my opinion, but wat i can say is, just experiment with which ever mics u have, place them at different angles or combine both together, each at different distance away from the amp. u can get a more ambient(not sure if i spelt it correctly) feel to ur guitars.

 

[seekz]

i prefer the closed mike angled/edge of the cone sound
center of the cone is so piercing and shrill...

I have a second Large Diagphram mike, how far and how should I face it
when I record to get more ambience?

LoL, I'm trying to record demos for my pedal,
been getting too many requests for them

 

[jony]

Perfectly fine. If you take the windscreen of the top of a 58, you basically have a 57 without its own windscreen. There is hardly any difference between the two. The 58 does have more perceived bass, most probably because the mids are a wee bit more even than the 57.