• Steve Ferrone is the drummer for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Ferrone began his professional music career in the 1970's
• Worked with legendary artists Chaka Khan, Duran Duran etc
• Uses all ranges of Shure microphones from the SM, Beta's and the KSM
• Has used the SM57 throughout his professional career 
• Commends the fact that Shure microphones never fail

"Whether I'm with the Heartbreakers or in my home studio, the Beta 52®A is just a perfect match for my kick drum sound,snare, and hi-hat. That's where the groove comes from, and it's always the most pleasing to my ears when I've got Shure mics in those positions.

"The 57 is a workhorse that's been around forever, everyone uses it because it sounds great and it always works. The SM57 has been there for my whole career, and I expect it always will be."

"Now, my approach is just to listen and go with sounds good, and the Shure KSM44 is the one that both 'E.T.' and I fell in love with, the vocal sound was nice and warm. We'll definitely be using that one again!"

"I play Gretsch drums because it's so easy to pull great tone out of them. And I know from experience that mics like the SM57 and Beta52®A bring that sound out better than anything else I've ever used. I really don't want to hear anything else in my monitors."

Steve Ferrone

"You know, there are just a handful of mics that I seem to regularly gravitate to", he notes. "Regardless of how many mics I try to replace them with, I always come back to the Beta 52®A and Beta 91 on kick and SM57 on snare for the work I'm doing with Tom Petty."

"Scovil also uses the Shure KSM137 condenser microphone on Ferrone's hi-hat and two ride cymbals"

Robert Scovill Tom Petty's Front of House Engineer

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• SM57 
• Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
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