SHURE Vintage 545S Series 2 Unidyne® III Microphone

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Status: Used, Circa early 1960's

You are looking at our vintage Shure 545S Series Unidyne® III dynamic cardiod microphone. Accompanying images accurately describe it's appearance. I would rate it a conservative 9 out of 10. And it sounds as good as it looks...

Designed in late 1959, and mostly referred to as a Pistol Grip mike, it was the go-to microphone for musicians in the 1960's and 1970's. And it is the forerunner of Shure's SM series of microphones, starting with the SM57. This mike would likely be circa early 1960's.

The 545s is a dual impedance mike... It is set up in the Lo-Impedence mode, but conversion to Hi is available.

Click HERE to see a PDF of the US Patent for the 545. This brings to an end the Patent Pending designation.

You can click HERE to view a PDF of the original Shure 545S spec sheet...

And click HERE to see a PDF of the 1961 Shure catalog with it's first recorded reference to the Shure 545S Series Unidyne® III microphone. Page #8.

Some information about this 545S:

• The original hex nut was lost. A non-Shure 5/16-24 nut was installed in it's place.
• The original mic cable was lost as well. The replacement is a much superior new BRTB Canada Xcalibur Series XM-25 Lo-Z mike cable. Images accurately describe it. A genuine Shure by Amphenol MC4M 4 pin connector was used on the mike end.
• Typically, many 545s Pistol Grip mikes suffer from having the threads in the stand mounting socket stripped. This is NOT the case with this piece. This 545s threads just about as smoothly onto a mike stand as it did the day it was built.
• This is a mike from the early 1960's with Patent Pending and Made in U.S.A. on the switch pedestal..
  
  Many parts for these vintage Shure mikes are almost impossible to find. In particular the original Shure 3 and 4 pin mic (Amphenol MC3M & MC4M) connectors and the 5/16-24 thin wall hex nut (made expressly for Shure) used in the 545S.

Our Price: $295.00 USD SOLD