EMI on ebay?

[krytikal1]

Did anybody see this!

EMI TG Transfer Console Modules - 18 Modules - eBay (item 260509951337 end time Nov-30-09 09:08:03 PST)


Somebody loan me 90 Grand....and the money to put it into a frame.

K

[mischa janisch]

Originally Posted by krytikal1

Did anybody see this!

EMI TG Transfer Console Modules - 18 Modules - eBay (item 260509951337 end time Nov-30-09 09:08:03 PST)


Somebody loan me 90 Grand....and the money to put it into a frame.

K

90k? They gotta be kidding...
That's: 2 Amp Modules, 2 EQs, 4 Limiters, 4 Filter Modules and a couple of Modules for Vinyl cutting - pretty beaten up looking. I'm no expert for these vintage modules don't think this should be more than 20k. Probably 30k fully working and restored including a frame and power supply.

[OnlineMastering]

More info about TG Mixers.

[passivepeter]

ok, so just depositing 90k into my paypal account...

[William Bowden]

Actually a fully working console is probably around US60 grand or more if you can find one, or have Vintage King on the case... That's with 4 of the eq units as well, not just 2 like this auction.

When they were made back in the seventies the price was not much less actually.

Abbey Rd, 301 mastering, err me, and a few others still use them as full (and often modified desks). Oasis (the band that is) own both a tracking console and mastering desk (tape to tape). There's also another mastering place in the UK with one (forget the name but they do really great work). Wade from Chandler has a 2 channel 'baby' version as well.

Mostly people have ripped them up and sold bits individually...

The VAL units (or vertical amplitude limiter) have a rather unique sound and are known imfamously (or famously) as the EMI Spreader. The filters are really useful too as is the eq.

US90K though is really pushing it, guess that's why he's on his third Ebay listing...

The King

[mischa janisch]

Originally Posted by William Bowden

Actually a fully working console is probably around US60 grand or more if you can find one, or have Vintage King on the case... That's with 4 of the eq units as well, not just 2 like this auction.

When they were made back in the seventies the price was not much less actually.

Abbey Rd, 301 mastering, err me, and a few others still use them as full (and often modified desks). Oasis (the band that is) own both a tracking console and mastering desk (tape to tape). There's also another mastering place in the UK with one (forget the name but they do really great work). Wade from Chandler has a 2 channel 'baby' version as well.

Mostly people have ripped them up and sold bits individually...

The VAL units (or vertical amplitude limiter) have a rather unique sound and are known imfamously (or famously) as the EMI Spreader. The filters are really useful too as is the eq.

US90K though is really pushing it, guess that's why he's on his third Ebay listing...

The King

I stand corrected - maybe 60k for a fully working, restored 4 channel console would be ok - I just figured that the 5k per module which they are asking - possibly not working, no frame, no power supply - is way too much...

[lowland]

Originally Posted by William Bowden

There's also another mastering place in the UK with one (forget the name but they do really great work).

Maybe -

Electric Mastering

[William Bowden]

Ah yes, Electric Mastering - that's the one!! Thanks.

Yes Mischa - even the fully working prices are crazy I agree!

Still I consider myself very lucky to be one of the custodians in my brief span. I often wonder who the next owner will after I'm gone...

The King

[William Bowden]

Nigel, I just had a look at your website. It strikes me as very apposite that you've mastered David Essex!

Maybe one day I'll get a band called 'The King Willy's' or 'Stanmore' but it hasn't happened yet.

Btw did you end up getting a Vertigo in the end?

The King

[lowland]

Originally Posted by William Bowden

Nigel, I just had a look at your website. It strikes me as very apposite that you've mastered David Essex!

Maybe one day I'll get a band called 'The King Willy's' or 'Stanmore' but it hasn't happened yet.

Btw did you end up getting a Vertigo in the end?

The King

Hi William,

Personally, I'm still hoping for a re-formed ELP to pass this way...

If you haven't come across him before, David was a big UK star back in the 70s. As seems to be the thing these days, led by the back catalogues of Abba and Queen, David's put together a show with a story line that takes in all his past biggies, and it was that cast album I mastered through an old contact with his musical director.

Having done Elaine Paige's last waxing and with Helen Shapiro in attendance for her new Gospel album last week it feels as if I'm becoming ME of choice for 'artistes of a certain age'! Keep em' coming, I say, it's great to hear people like Helen speak of the records she made with the immortal Norrie Paramor in the 60s - surely touched by a TG at some point :-)

allmusic ((( Norrie Paramor > Biography )))

No Vertigo as yet, but it's still top of the 'next compressor' list, and all that stuff will get serious consideration in the new room next year.

[William Bowden]

I remember David Essex very well as I watched TOTP when I was living in the UK as a child. That song with the lyric 'every cloud's got a silver lining - so hold me close, don't let me go, oh,no'. Around the same time my brother announced that he wanted to be Garry Glitter when he grew up (what a blunder!). There was also Mud's classic 'tigerfeet' which I loved for some reason (I was only 7), susie quatro, marc bolan (guess you won't be working with him!) and Slade's classic Xmas hit (bet old Noddy's still living off the royalties of that little number). Great times.

A new room, sounds exciting!

I asked about the Vertigo I guess because it's kinda faintly on my 'I'm sick of my vca comps and I need a new one list', but it's really pricey. It does have a very unique colour though - no other box sounds like it that's for sure.

Do you still get much mileage out of the chandlers?

The King

[lowland]

Ah, the 70s!

The new room is going to be taking a lot of my energy in the Spring, I feel nervous but also excited at the prospect - I only want to have to do this once :-)

Loadsa mileage from the Chandlers, love 'em. Although unmodded they lack provision for sidechain EQ which would be nice once in a while, they're real workhorses and much more general-purpose than one would think. I like their tone and have enjoyed spending extended periods of time really getting to understand what they do, even though on the face of it they're quite a simple prospect. They would sit very well alongside the Vertigo - we'll see.

[Adam Dempsey]

Originally Posted by lowland

Loadsa mileage from the Chandlers, love 'em. Although unmodded they lack provision for sidechain EQ which would be nice once in a while, they're real workhorses and much more general-purpose than one would think. I like their tone and have enjoyed spending extended periods of time really getting to understand what they do, even though on the face of it they're quite a simple prospect. They would sit very well alongside the Vertigo - we'll see.

Yes I can vouch that they do, for us. :)

[IIIrd]

Originally Posted by mischa janisch

I stand corrected - maybe 60k for a fully working, restored 4 channel console would be ok - I just figured that the 5k per module which they are asking - possibly not working, no frame, no power supply - is way too much...

Normally 2 channels....there are 2 banks of eq, filter etc etc. one is the program channel, t'other is the lathe contol channel. we've got ours modded so we can have 2 banks of eq, so we can flip between banks if need be, or program and control for advanced head cutting.

looks a different beast to mine...then again they are modular...

as for value...who knows...to me, mines worth is weight in gold, or something else very expensive.

[Thomas W. Bethe]

If I remember correctly this is NOT the first time this has been on Ebay. I seem to remember it being up about a year ago for less money. I don't remember if it was the same seller.

It is vintage.

It was good in its day.

It is not worth IMHO what the Ebay person is asking for it

My question is what happened to the console housing and the rest of the equipment?

Not something that I would buy but maybe there is someone out there in the hinterlands that will purchase it for whatever reason.

[Caput]

Originally Posted by William Bowden

There's also another mastering place in the UK with one (forget the name but they do really great work).

John Dent at Loud Mastering? I think he has EMI and does great work anyway. Maybe wrong.


Edit: Lowland is right. But I still think JD uses EMI

SB

[IIIrd]

Originally Posted by Thomas W. Bethe

If I remember correctly this is NOT the first time this has been on Ebay. I seem to remember it being up about a year ago for less money. I don't remember if it was the same seller.

It is vintage.

It was good in its day.

It is not worth IMHO what the Ebay person is asking for it

My question is what happened to the console housing and the rest of the equipment?

Not something that I would buy but maybe there is someone out there in the hinterlands that will purchase it for whatever reason.

Exactly..power supplies etc. You have to go to TG Mixers

and get Brian Gibson to fettle it for you. He'd be the best man for the job a he worked at Abbey Road for several decades looking after these and many other bits of vintage gear.

[First Aid]

Originally Posted by Caput

John Dent at Loud Mastering? I think he has EMI and does great work anyway. Maybe wrong.


Edit: Lowland is right. But I still think JD uses EMI

SB

no console, all his gear is patched manually point 2 point.

[Caput]

Originally Posted by First Aid

no console, all his gear is patched manually point 2 point.

Thank you for the additional information.

SB

[William Bowden]

Originally Posted by IIIrd

Exactly..power supplies etc. You have to go to TG Mixers

and get Brian Gibson to fettle it for you. He'd be the best man for the job a he worked at Abbey Road for several decades looking after these and many other bits of vintage gear.

Brian's the man, he checked out my console before I bought it and replaced a cap in one of the input modules. I must say though that I've left those original power supplies behind... The replacements have better specs and almost the same footprint as the dreaded ITI. Maybe if I ever come to London we can compare notes!

The King

[IIIrd]

Originally Posted by William Bowden

Brian's the man, he checked out my console before I bought it and replaced a cap in one of the input modules. I must say though that I've left those original power supplies behind... The replacements have better specs and almost the same footprint as the dreaded ITI. Maybe if I ever come to London we can compare notes!

The King

You'd be most welcome