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In Reply to: What's the useful life of gear??? posted by Bold Eagle on December 6, 2015 at 08:50:42:
My Thorens 125-II is 44 years old and doing fine, and VTL pre from the early 80's also good.In the studio where I assisted, lots of old gear, all sounding like new, recapped as needed, most from the 70's:
Pultec EQP-1 EQ (early 60's)
Mac MC250 which had about 100 hrs/week for decades (no hate mail please, it's just for talk-back)
Urei LA-2A, Teletronix LA-3A, dbx 160, 160A, 902 compressors
MCI 636 console (1979) with API mix bus (80's) and Neve Flying Faders (early 80's, driven by an early 80's PC running Windows 3.1) - console has run 24/7 since new.
Studer B67 (1/4") and A80 Mk III 1/2" both half-track
Studer A800 2" 24-track, sold a few years ago, which never had a hiccup
EMT 140 plate (60's) with Martindale mods (70's) (runs 24/7)
EMT 250 digital reverb (70's)
BGW 250 & 750B
SAE 2200, 2300, P250 (P250 has persistent gremlins; others rock solid)
Neve 1064 and Trident Series A mic pre's (70's)
Neumann U47, U67, KM56, U149 tube mics (50's - 60's) all with original capsules and power supplies
Hammond B-3 and Leslie 147, both so complex they shouldn't have *ever* worked, but they do; also Wurly, Fender Rhodes 73Maintenance for this gear is minimal. The most common problems are push-button mechanical switches on the console that flake out (solution: exercise it for a few dozen hits) and the brass bantam plugs in the patch bay that need to be polished every so often.
WW
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Edits: 12/06/15
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