I like Shure SM57s and 58s. There’s always a vintage Neumann U67 set up that I can record anything with. I have this cool new mic that’s made by Chandler Limited called the EMI REDD. I love the sound of it, and it seems to never need any EQ. That thing always stays up on a stand, ready to go as well. I’m also very partial to my pair of old Sony C-37As, as well as my Beyerdynamic M 88. I arguably use an M 88 more than I use 57s and 58s. I dig AEA ribbon mics too, like the R-84As.

In a performance on the David Letterman Late Show in 1989, Elvis Costello is seen using a Beyerdynamic M88 microphone during "Pads, Paws And Claws/Leave My Kitten Alone."

Oliver Ackermann uses the Beyerdynamic M88 microphone. In a 2012 interview with the Russian website Look At Me, he stated: "The Beyerdynamic M 88 is a super microphone—Phil Collins himself used it! I often use it when recording bass guitar or kick drum. Although, in my experience, the very inexpensive old German Lanier or the SM57 also capture bass very well."

Used on the bass drum and toms for John Mayer's Continuum, as stated by recording engineer Chad Franscoviak in this October 1, 2006 Mix Online interview.

Jordan's assortment of drums — which seemed to be endless, Franscoviak says with a laugh — were miked fairly conventionally: an AKG D 112, an RE20, a 421 or a Beyer M88 on the kick; snares got 57s on top and bottom; M88s on the toms; an AKG 451 on hi-hats; and on overheads, he either used a U67 or U87.

The only trick that Franscoviak used, which he fully admits stealing from Joe Ferla, was putting a Coles 4038 ribbon mic directly over the center of the kit, parallel to the ground and as close in as possible without impeding Jordan's playing. “I generally compressed the snot out of that and I would run it through a Fairchild,” he says. “That's a really interesting trick because you have all of your tight sounds, but you add that 4038 and it makes everything more exciting.”

He also put a U47 about 18 inches off the ground and four to seven feet in front of the kick drum for a very specific sound. “At some point, we were going to hit that low-end waveform just right and it was going to fill that kick drum out,” Franscoviak explains. “I would compress it a lot with an 1176, a lot harder than the overhead, because I wanted that low end to be there for every hit.”

In the Premier Guitar Rig Rundown for Greta Van Fleet [2021], hosted by John Bohlinger, it is confirmed that Sam Kiszka uses the Beyerdynamic M88 microphone to mike his Fender Bassman 810 Neo 8x10 bass cabinet and vintage Sunn 2x15 cab during The Battle at Garden's Gate Tour.

According to this article, in which Andy discusses his drum micing technique, "For the snare, I use an SM57 or Beyerdynamic M88, an SM85, and a KSM44."

Jun Senoue can be seen using the Beyerdynamic M88 in a photo posted to his Twitter profile.

Barnes records all his vocals with a Beyerdynamic M 88 and uses a Lawson L47 tube condenser mic to capture live strings.

We can see that Benny Sings is using the Beyerdynamic M88tg to sing into during this performance of "Not Enough" @ COLORS SHOW Berlin

According to the official Arjen Lucassen's website, one of the items he has used for studio recording is the Beyer M88 microphones, used for guitar and Hammond organs.

Alexander Metzger, also known as Alex Butcher from World of Intros, Vengeance Sound, and Refx, is shown using the Beyerdynamic M88 microphone in a Facebook cover photo by Alex Butcher.

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