The GUTZ - Page 11

ImJohn · 24th January 2008, 11:15 PM

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Originally Posted by pan60

Dem's some sexy gears, Pan!

pan60 · 25th January 2008, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ImJohn

Dem's some sexy gears, Pan!

i just could not help myself: )~

Jonkan · 6th February 2008, 12:56 PM

My almost finished Ultimate Gssl after Keith "SSLtech"s design. I just need to fasten the toroid before i screw on the lid. The frontpanel is just a prototype also before i get my engraved panel done.
Switchable sidechain detector between the usual L+R, or the highest of L or R is what sets this design apart the most from the usual Gssl.

It sounds great btw.

/J

**Lindell** · 11th February 2008, 10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Halfmoon

SuPre

Nice birdnest.... =)

Wes Kuhnley · 11th February 2008, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Lindell

Nice birdnest.... =)

That's clean compared to the one I saw. Sounds pretty good though.

Stitch333 · 12th February 2008, 03:50 PM

Heres a real simple one.
I like it cause the 'box' is so unassuming (except for the Marconi knob-its the give-away).
But the guts are a Painton-Winkler stepped attenuator for a vintage Neve console I wired up as a high quality monitor controller/passive attenuator. I asked Geoff Tanner about those P-W's and he told me that, back in the day, they were like 500GBP!
Simple quality that does its job well. Its no Wes Kuhnley mic preamp, but I dig it.

YZ! · 16th February 2008, 06:50 AM

The Scala Broadcast Audio Processor (3-band), sorry for the picture quality...

TAVD · 27th February 2008, 08:41 PM

Cornchuck · 27th February 2008, 08:52 PM

Old DB Gate Compress - Dates back to WW2 (I think) It was for sale on Ebay a while back.

Lynn Fuston · 29th February 2008, 07:22 PM

Call this one "We don't need no steenkin' circuit boards."

Inside a Pultec EQP-1A3.

lucey · 29th February 2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Lynn Fuston

Inside a Pultec EQP-1A3.

very OT: Why are these so hard to reproduce? The transformers?

Peter Simonsen · 29th February 2008, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by lucey

very OT: Why are these so hard to reproduce? The transformers?

Yep..transformers, inductors..nos resistors..nos..caps..nos tubes etc..*S*

Kind regards

Peter

Lynn Fuston · 1st March 2008, 02:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Peter Simonsen

Yep..transformers, inductors..nos resistors..nos..caps..nos tubes etc..*S*

Actually it was that vintage solder. You just can't get solder like that anymore.

Fm_Guy · 1st March 2008, 02:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Lynn Fuston

Actually it was that vintage solder. You just can't get solder like that anymore.

That thing would sound so much better if they had used the good sounding tube sockets. :)

Lynn Fuston · 1st March 2008, 02:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Fm_Guy

That thing would sound so much better if they had used the good sounding tube sockets. :)

Not to mention one of those $500 power cables. Can you imagine what they're missing using that 1960s grade standard AC cabling?

Peter Simonsen · 1st March 2008, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Lynn Fuston

Actually it was that vintage solder. You just can't get solder like that anymore.

Ohh yeah..in these Rohs days..what we have to miss!

Kind regards

Peter

Berolzheimer · 1st March 2008, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by lucey

Photos by Steve at Sonicraft ... before and after a restoration!

Aah, the venerable mm1000. I revived one of those & used it for several years, even transported it from Chicago to LA. We called it Buddha.

Then about 14 years later I found myself working in an attic full of mm1000 parts, and 2 intact machines. That place has since quite literally blown up:

Explosion at International Recording Co.

pan60 · 1st March 2008, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Lynn Fuston

Actually it was that vintage solder. You just can't get solder like that anymore.

gevermil · 2nd March 2008, 02:03 AM

Hey Lynn , any sonic opinions between the tube vs solid state versions of the pultec ?
The unique transformers of the tube version keep it kind of uncloneable . The solid state has matching xfrms . Just curious what you think

Lynn Fuston · 2nd March 2008, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by gevermil

Hey Lynn , any sonic opinions between the tube vs solid state versions of the pultec ?
The unique transformers of the tube version keep it kind of uncloneable . The solid state has matching xfrms . Just curious what you think

Now we're getting into a different thread, in case a mod wants to move it.

I honestly don't recall ever hearing a solid state Pultec. Never. So I'm the wrong one to ask.

I do know that I used mine a bunch in BYPASS, so that the tubes weren't even in the circuit, but the transformers were, even in bypass. That's a very cool sound even at that. I mastered a whole album once where the only thing we did was run through the Pultecs in BYPASS. It doesn't get much easier than that.

big country · 6th March 2008, 04:16 AM

it even has a calculator

Wavebourn · 6th March 2008, 10:44 PM

Before I started drilling and punching, any suggestions about layout?

big country · 7th March 2008, 02:56 AM

holy cap!
wavebourn

tINY · 7th March 2008, 03:20 AM

Yeah, he's pretty extreme that way...

I'm thinking that some sort of frosted plexiglass should be on that front panel to show the glow of the heaters....

-tINY

Wavebourn · 7th March 2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tINY

Yeah, he's pretty extreme that way...

I'm thinking that some sort of frosted plexiglass should be on that front panel to show the glow of the heaters....

I think of a dimmed Lexan. There will be no controls on front panel at all, so couple of EM80 tubes (like on my avatar) and gas discharge regulator between them (SG3S) will be visible through the glass.

There will be input TRS sockets on a rear panel and output sockets for 4, 8, and 16 ohm; power switch, 2 fuses, power socket. Nothing more.

Speaking of layout, I'm going to move input transformers closer to the front panel, and put driver toobs closer to output ones.

Here is the schemo:

http://wavebourn.com/images/audio/alligator20.gif

ImJohn · 7th March 2008, 03:53 AM

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Originally Posted by tINY

I'm thinking that some sort of frosted plexiglass should be on that front panel to show the glow of the heaters....

-tINY

. . and for even more fun with the frosted glass . . .remember those science toy things that were sealed glass bulbs with some sort of liquid in a vacuum? when you held it in a warm hand they would bubbble. Maybe mount those things in front of the tubes so when it heats up you'll see the glowing bubbling action!

Wavebourn · 7th March 2008, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ImJohn

. . and for even more fun with the frosted glass . . .remember those science toy things that were sealed glass bulbs with some sort of liquid in a vacuum? when you held it in a warm hand they would bubbble. Maybe mount those things in front of the tubes so when it heats up you'll see the glowing bubbling action!

No bubbles are needed;

here is one of my previous designs, with naked toobs:

big country · 7th March 2008, 06:03 AM

what is that thing
http://wavebourn.com/images/audio/alligator-1-top.gif
all I see is something that could make a really load noise and move some furniture around

Wavebourn · 7th March 2008, 06:14 AM

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Originally Posted by big country

what is that thing
http://wavebourn.com/images/audio/alligator-1-top.gif
all I see is something that could make a really load noise and move some furniture around

SE tube amp on MOSFET steroids. 2x50W stereo, nothing special...

sears · 7th March 2008, 01:17 PM

Sony HA-1 preamp/eq board for a 1983ish MX-P21 8x2 mixer

6th February 2008, 12:56 PM	#303
Jonkan Gear maniac Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Malmö, Sweden Posts: 176	My almost finished Ultimate Gssl after Keith "SSLtech"s design. I just need to fasten the toroid before i screw on the lid. The frontpanel is just a prototype also before i get my engraved panel done. Switchable sidechain detector between the usual L+R, or the highest of L or R is what sets this design apart the most from the usual Gssl. It sounds great btw. /J Attached Thumbnails

12th February 2008, 03:50 PM	#306
Stitch333 Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Phila, PA/Upstate MA Posts: 2,310	Heres a real simple one. I like it cause the 'box' is so unassuming (except for the Marconi knob-its the give-away). But the guts are a Painton-Winkler stepped attenuator for a vintage Neve console I wired up as a high quality monitor controller/passive attenuator. I asked Geoff Tanner about those P-W's and he told me that, back in the day, they were like 500GBP! Simple quality that does its job well. Its no Wes Kuhnley mic preamp, but I dig it. Attached Thumbnails __________________ www.myspace.com/stitchproductions "Half shark, half man, skin like alligator...carrying a dead walrus..."

16th February 2008, 06:50 AM	#307
YZ! Gear addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 418	The Scala Broadcast Audio Processor (3-band), sorry for the picture quality... Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, YZ

27th February 2008, 08:41 PM	#308
TAVD Lives for gear Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,030	CL 7720 buss comp __________________ Tom Denyle Custom Guitars

27th February 2008, 08:52 PM	#309
Cornchuck Gear Head Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 73	Old DB Gate Compress - Dates back to WW2 (I think) It was for sale on Ebay a while back. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Music is my passion not an obsession Uh, Im with the band....

29th February 2008, 07:22 PM	#310
Lynn Fuston Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Spring Hill, TN, USA Posts: 1,778	Call this one "We don't need no steenkin' circuit boards." Inside a Pultec EQP-1A3. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Lynn Fuston 3D Audio Inc. Host of 3dB Offering downloads of Preamp, Mic, DAW summing comparisons here. Sign the Metallica petition and tell the industry "we want to enjoy listening to music again, instead of distortion." I'm 5444.

2nd March 2008, 02:03 AM	#319
gevermil Gear addict Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: chicago Posts: 470	Hey Lynn , any sonic opinions between the tube vs solid state versions of the pultec ? The unique transformers of the tube version keep it kind of uncloneable . The solid state has matching xfrms . Just curious what you think

6th March 2008, 04:16 AM	#321
big country Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brea Ca, Posts: 4,735	it even has a calculator __________________ Matt http://www.soundclick.com/members/de...er=1bigcountry

6th March 2008, 10:44 PM	#322
Wavebourn Lives for gear Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Walnut Creek, CA Posts: 936	Before I started drilling and punching, any suggestions about layout? __________________ Hybrid amplifiers combine errors of current amplification by transistors with errors of voltage amplification by tubes Anatoliy Lisovskiy Walnut Creek, CA, U.S.A. Wavebourn@yahoo.com http://Wavebourn.com

7th March 2008, 02:56 AM	#323
big country Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brea Ca, Posts: 4,735	holy cap! wavebourn __________________ Matt http://www.soundclick.com/members/de...er=1bigcountry

7th March 2008, 03:20 AM	#324
tINY Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 5,835	Yeah, he's pretty extreme that way... I'm thinking that some sort of frosted plexiglass should be on that front panel to show the glow of the heaters.... -tINY

7th March 2008, 06:03 AM	#328
big country Lives for gear Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brea Ca, Posts: 4,735	what is that thing http://wavebourn.com/images/audio/alligator-1-top.gif all I see is something that could make a really load noise and move some furniture around __________________ Matt http://www.soundclick.com/members/de...er=1bigcountry

7th March 2008, 01:17 PM	#330
sears Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: alex va Posts: 60	Sony HA-1 preamp/eq board for a 1983ish MX-P21 8x2 mixer Attached Thumbnails