u/PerformanceMain1967

endgame?

Just bought this SM7B from a used tech store, no box - paid £185. No serial number to check with but thought i’d take the risk.

I asked ChatGPT and it says it looks real, Gemini says it’s 100% fake, but my most recent discovery on the mic convinces me it’s fake - can someone confirm.

All the internals looks fine to me - everything is pictured. However when i took off the yoke and looked at the label where the logo is, it seems to be a sticker whereas AI says it’s printed on. Now it seems really weird to me because everything else matched up, the internals look fine (to me), the weight is spot on from my research - so why go through all the hassle with these little details and have the logo a basic sticker? Is this sticker proof this is a fake sm7b? (SEE LAST IMAGES) Or was there a period where these were actually stickers.

It also has the printing where the XLR pins are with the shure logo and numbers etc.

Need a truthful verdict from the professionals as I’ve never owned an sm7b and I don’t know what i’m looking for. Should be no issue returning it so don’t feel guilty being the bearer of bad news.

PS- apologies for the bad photos, couldn’t get my camera to focus.