Josh Homme references the Neumann M 49 in this SOS article about producing Arctic Monkeys:

"We also used a Neumann 49 for the centre of the room, and the kick and snare mics would vary all the time"

In a video by BBC Radio 1 on YouTube, Calvin Harris's home studio in LA is showcased, where a vintage Neumann M 49 microphone is visible at the 7:00 minute mark.

In a photo capturing John Lennon recording "Girl" on November 12, 1965, he is seen using a Neumann M 49 microphone.

Accoridng to this May 2015 Sound on Sound interview with producer Al Schmitt, Young used an M 49 for his vocals on Storytone.

"Neil stood right next to the conductor, and sang into the same Neumann M49 that Barbra Streisand used. I figured that mic would work well on his voice, and it did. (...) I used my Neve 1081 mic pre on Neil’s voice, though I did not use compression in his case."

In a video titled "Taylor Swift NOW Listening Session with Taylor Grammy Museum" by Talreputation on YouTube, Taylor Swift confirms her use of the Neumann M49 microphone at the 12:26 mark.

An M49 can be seen throughout many photos from the recording sessions of Highway 61 Revisited, including this one of Dylan. Its exact use is unknown, but this photo suggests that it was used as a vocal mic. Neither Dylan's guitar amplifier (which is facing away from the microphone) or his bass (the cable of which appears to run away from Dylan's station, far from the mic) are level with the M49. Yet, the M49's boom stand is set up in such a way that Dylan would only need to look up to sing into the mic.

The following is an excerpt from pg. 322 of Bob Dylan: All the Songs (The Story Behind Every Track) by Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon.

Out of the nine songs, only "Like a Rolling Stone" was produced by Tom Wilson. Aside from the arrival of Roy Halee (future producer of Simon & Garfunkel) as a new sound engineer, methods and recording equipment were nearly identical to those used for the album Bringing It All Back Home. However, a Neumann M49 mic appears in various photographs, though it is difficult to say which producer is responsible for this change—presumably Tom Wilson.

An M49b was used for the guitar on the soundtrack for Deadbeat, as specified in the appendix of this August 28, 2014 Electronic Musician interview.

James Iha’s Studio Gear

Thanks to Clear Lake Recording and engineer Brian Blake for the specs on James Iha’s Deadbeat music and recording equipment:

Recording/Studio: API DSM console, KRK V8 monitors, Mac Pro, Pro Tools 11

Guitar Recording Chain: Neumann U87 and M49B mics, Focusrite ISA 215 mic pre/EQ, Focusrite Red 2-channel compressor, Neve 1073 mic pre/EQ

(Borrowed) Guitar Amps: Matchless DC30, Swart AST, Ampeg B15, Fender Deluxe

Other Essential Recording Pieces: API 2500 compressor, API Channel Strip, Empirical Labs EL8 Distressor, Radial DIs

elvis singing into a Nuemann M49 at Studio B - June 1958

Bruce Swedien owns a Pair of Neumann M49's & used one of them on Michael Jackson's Lead Vocal on 'Earth Song' & Bruce Swedien's Pair of M49's on the Choir of 'Man In The Mirror' & 'Keep The Faith'

In an episode of Tape Op Magazine, specifically at the timestamp of 35:57, Andrew VanWyngarden explicitly states that he used the Neumann M 49 microphone on MGMT's latest album, "Loss of Life," released in 2024. This information was shared during an interview where VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser discussed the recording process of the album, their collaboration with producer/mixer Dave Fridmann, and their discovery of their new favorite microphone.

Used for the electric guitar and most vocals on Bone Machine, as stated by engineer Biff Dawes in this February 26, 2015 Mix Online interview.

Dawes describes what he recalls about placing those mics in 1992: “Usually I would take Tom’s guitar direct and I would close mike his amp [either a Princeton Tweed or a Fender Deluxe Reverb],” he says. “Sometimes I would tape mics to the guitar, and then we would add in the more distant mics from the room. Prairie Sun has a wide selection, so we used a lot of Neumanns: U 67s, U 87s, M 49s, that kind of thing. (...) Rennick says that Waits used one main vocal mic pretty consistently at Prairie Sun: “He gave every vocal on one Neumann that we still own, an M 49,” Rennick says.

However, Dawes remembers switching things up more: “It depended on the song,” he says. “A ballad, we would have a nice warm condenser, and sometimes the louder pieces we might use a [Sennheiser MD] 421, a dynamic to cut through. There was no standard. On ‘I Don’t Wanna Grow Up,’ it probably would have been something like a 421 close to him, but there also would have been a 67 or something like that, two or three feet away."

The microphone would later be used for vocals on Mule Variations, as stated by producer Jacquire King in this interview from issue 9 of Audio Technology Magazine.

"Tom’s vocals were always recorded with an Neumann M49, through a Neve mic pre and Teletronic LA2A tube limiter – although we often altered the sound of it afterwards."

Philip Selway is confirmed to use the Neumann M49 microphone during the recording of "In Rainbows." This is evidenced by photographs taken in the library at Tottenham House in September or October 2006, where a pair of these microphones is visible as stereo overhead mics for his drum kit, combined with a Neumann M49 or M50 center overhead, as shown in the image provided on Equipboard.