What's your oldest piece of gear?

[nestle]

I'm sure I have older stuff, but the oldest I think of at the moment is my 1960 Les Paul Special (TV yellow)

[Mix413]

1920's Ludwig snare
1931 RCA 44A ribbon mic
1932 Gibson L-00 acoustic guitar
1930's Roy Smeck Vita-Uke
Late 1930's Epiphone Electar amp

[???????]

i posted the "over 40" stuff earlier, in addition to that here is the "over 20" stuff:

1973 mini moog model D
1979 Tokai Springy Sound ST-80 stratocaster (awesome!!!)
197? Univox solid-state crappy amp with the most bizarre tremolo ever
millions of 70s guitar pedals
1984? G&L Asat
1984 Gibson ES-347
1986 Tokai HP-64 P-bass
1974? Ampeg B-25

probably more I can't remember...

[trask]

I've got some old no-name 4-1 tube pre with hardwired output cable from the 40's. Still haven't used it much, but I'm looking forward to the day when I need to do some drum tracks...

[Capsized Recordings]

Probally a little harmony Classical guitar 1940's


Ampex 600 Tube pre 196?...
Ampex 602 Tube pre ...
That all That comes to mind now...I need coffee.

[littlesongs]

the eldest is also one of my favorites...

jefferson-travis ca-756 microphone preamplifier
all tube with audio development transformers
originally built for the civil aeronautics administration
schematic on the inside is dated 5-5-44

bless the packrats one and all...

[lg]

chickering & sons spinet piano: 1948
random film editing room amplifiers (converted to lo-watt guitar amps): early-50's
me: summer 1958
fender bandmaster: 1963
farfisa compact duo: mid-60's
fender rhodes: 1972
fender 'super' twin (rewired to BF spec): 1976

[Auslander]

1959 Les Paul Special double cutaway
1961 SG Les Paul Custom (white) previously owned by Tony Iommi. I bought this at Ivor Mairants in London in 1974 for ?400. I've been offered $60,000 for it.
1962 Fender Strat.
1968 Gibson SG Special

All the above are left handed.

1970s Dan Armstrong Plexiglass gtr - bought this from John McLaughlin during the recording of what eventually became known as Mahavishnu's "Lost Trident Sessions", which I was working on at the time. He also threw in an MXR Phase 100 for free.

1960s Gretsch Country Gentleman.

[Cellotron]

As far as instruments - my Framus cello is circa 1950, and I just picked up for cheap a "Global" semi hollow body e.guitar - it's mid 70's Japanese built.

I have racked pairs of Filtek MKIII eq's and NTP 179-120 compressors - these are all from the mid 70's and were taken out of European broadcast/mastering consoles. Sweet stuff.

& a little bit older - got a Sansui SR-717 turntable from the late 70's, and the first edition of the SPL Vitalizer released late 80's.

Guess that's it.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

[A-Barr]

Probably the wiring in my apartment.

[Auslander]

As far as instruments - my Framus cello is circa 1950, and I just picked up for cheap a "Global" semi hollow body e.guitar - it's mid 70's Japanese built.

I have racked pairs of Filtek MKIII eq's and NTP 179-120 compressors - these are all from the mid 70's and were taken out of European broadcast/mastering consoles. Sweet stuff.

& a little bit older - got a Sansui SR-717 turntable from the late 70's, and the first edition of the SPL Vitalizer released late 80's.

Guess that's it.

Best regards,
Steve Berson

Those Sansui turntables were nice. i used to have one of those.

[jaguarsg]

western electric 433a - 40s?

[ubertar]

Probably the wiring in my apartment.

Heh. Yeah, me too. Circa 1910.

[tony_tomlinson]

Early 50s Electro amplifier, mid 50s Silvertone bass, 1940s Kay upright.

[E Car]

1959 Neumann M49 clone (made by Sanken the re-done with a Neumann early 60s M7 capsule and 701 tube)
Ampex MX-10 (same as 350)
pair of Quad Eight MM71 channel strips
1960 Epiphone Coronet
Late 50s, early 60s Danelectro U2
1963 Fender Deluxe Reverb
JBL SA660 Amplifier