SM81 : Great Recording Mic!

I use it to record in studio violins and acoustic guitars.

It's perfect of solo instruments, it gives you exactly the clarity which you would need in a mix. The only eq that i use with this mic is just a high pass filter.

It's really sensitive for live envoirment. At my church we use it to mike a cajon and sometimes jembe. The sound outfront is good, but you cant volume it up too much, cause it gets feedback. If you cut the low's it gets better, but if you want to have a bassy sound from the cajon or the jembe you would need a bass drum mic, and this is not what i would recommend for bass.

Pros:

Overall great mic, great clarity of the sound, great for studio purpose for recording acoustic instruments like violin , cello, acoustic guitars and maybe drum overheads.

Cons: Not so great for live playing at high decibels.