Beta 58 A : Industry Standard For A Reason

If you're buying this mic, you know exactly what you're going to get. Every venue from your 100 cap clubs to Wembley Arena has at least one of these probably.

If you're a vocalist and want to start taking your own mic with you to your gigs (and avoid all the disgusting germs on the house mics!) this is the perfect mic to start with. No sound guy should complain if you ask to plug one of these in. Maybe get a regular Shure 58 as well in case the sound guy isn't great with on stage monitors and you're getting feedback from them (do a quick Google of the mic's polar responses and you'll understand what I mean). Really though this mic will do the job for 99% of any situation you're in as a vocalist.

Also does a good job on guitar amps and can be used as a snare mic too!

Good versatile mic that will sort you out in most live situations (and it'll take a good beating too!)

It can be used in the studio too but I wouldn't recommend it on vocals if you have the option of other vocal specific microphones.