What's your oldest piece of gear?

junkstar · Post by **junkstar** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:22 am

What's your oldest piece of gear that works and is something you use every now and then?

Mine, an original Alesis Microverb from sometime in the 80's, or an SM-81 that I bought from Waterfront Studios in Hoboken when they closed that I have no idea the age of... I do know it was used on the first 5 Lenny Kravitz albums though and it seems to show signs of serious use to boot...

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:31 am

My first guitar cable (bought in 1987). Still gets used.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:36 am

The oldest piece of gear...

Maybe the collins 26W limiter (i think it is roughly circa 1950-ish )

Or the U47. Maybe the tannoy ribbon. I dont know.

One I have owned the longest? I think a Dbx 160X, as it was the first compressor I
ever personally owned, from 1980's-something or other.

djimbe · Post by **djimbe** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:37 am

Hard to say, at least for traditional "gear". Probably the UA1108 modules in the BAE rack I have. They're labled Universal Audio not UREI, so...mid '60s on those? I think Mr. Putnam changed the name in '66...

I have a pretty old EMT 140TS as well, with a pair of the mono V54 tube amps. Probably the same time frame as the 1108's. I bet my Altec 165's aren't much newer.

The oldest thing in the studio is easily the Weaver parlor pump organ. It predates WWI by a few years. Totally rebuilt that beast about 3 years ago, and it is an absolute joy to play and record. Our Hamilton/Baldwin upright is from the early '30s, and the Hammond S-1 chord organ is a pretty damn old...

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:43 am

If you're talking age of the gear itself, it's probably my Kalamazoo Model 2. I also have my dad's AR-3a speakers, and Sony open reel tape machine (circa 1970- second major purchase after immigrating to the US after a Super Beetle).

getreel · Post by **getreel** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 7:47 am

I am going to have to guess a little. I think the absolute oldest I have currently is my 1971 Fender Twin reverb. Then would be my MCI JH16-24 followed by a 1983 Squire Strat.and a I a Dunlop Cry baby from the 80s. I also have an EV 660 mic and an Ashly CL-52 compressor that I'm not sure of the age on. This is a great topic BTW.

Coco · Post by **Coco** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:04 am

The oldest piece of gear I own would be a pair of Gefell M582 tube mics. I am guessing they are from the early 70's or late 60's. I use them all the time.

AGCurry · Post by **AGCurry** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:13 am

Hammond M2 organ, 1952.

Shure 333, 1954.

Ampeg B-15N, 1964.

cgarges · Post by **cgarges** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:17 am

I have a 1926 Deagan xylorimba that probably tops out my collection. I have a bunch of stuff from the mid sixties (drums, amps, mics, outboard), some of which is hard to specifically date, and I have one mic, a Hammond C2, and a few compressors that were designed in the nineteen fifties, so they could be as old as fifty years. I think the xylorimba is the award-winner, though.

Chris Garges
Charlotte, NC

Jeff White · Post by **Jeff White** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:18 am

1963 Gibson LG-0 acoustic guitar
1977 Fender Super Reverb
Magnasync Movieola URS (1960s? 1970s?) - still need to mod this, anyone know how to date these?
Late 1970s Mutron Phaser II
Block Logo Phase 100 and Phase 90 from around the year that they changed over from Script Logo (1979-1982?) - Both sound amazing.
1988 Dunlop Crybaby (cold busted! I smell a repair/mod)
1984 Sequential Circuits SIXTRAK (Prophet 610)

Jeff

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:45 am

It's hard to say... maybe the RCA Varacoustic ribbon mic, or an Amperite ribbon.

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 8:58 am

In approxmate order:

1930s Webster wire recorder
mid/late 1950s EV 676 mic
1963 Ampeg Reverbrocket
late 1960s Sears Silvertone 1484 amp
mid 1960s Vox Beatle amp (currently in dire need of repair)
1968 German/Irish/Hungarian ears and fingers
1975 Andalucia classical guitar
mid-1970s Wurlitzer 200
late 1970s Electra MPC guitar
early 1980s Moog Rogue
1983 Roland Juno-106

mjau · Post by **mjau** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:21 am

I've got some RCA BA-43 mic pre's, as well as an Altec 1589b and 1592b - not sure how old they are, but definitely not elderly old.

??????? · Post by **???????** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:23 am

circa 1926 Epiphone Recording Model A tenor banjo
1929 Vega Vegaphone Professional tenor banjo
1939 Epiphone Triumph acoustic archtop
1953 Epiphone Triumph Regent archtop w/added pickup
1956 (or 66? from pot date codes) tube Echoplex
1957 Magnatone 260-A guitar amp
1961 Fender Super (brown 6G4-A)
1962 Fender Jazzmaster
1963 Ludwig Classic set, champagne sparkle, 20, 12, 14
circa 1965 turkish K cymbals, 20" ride and 14" hats. Some other old cymbals as well.
1966 Slingerland Radio King 5.5x14 snare blue ripple pearl
196? Farfisa Compact Combo organ

That's all I can think of right now for the "over 40" stuff... there might be more! How the hell did I get so much shit? And that's only the over 40 shit!

NewAndImprov · Post by **NewAndImprov** » Fri Aug 04, 2006 9:38 am

In order of appearance:

1956: Hammond M3
1974: Minimoog
1970's: Rhodes Stage 73
1970's: Roland RE-301 Chorus Echo
1981: Shure SM-57 (bought new, and it still gets used everyday)
1980's: Yamaha DX-7 & TX rack (this was my dream setup in about 1983, have had the DX since about '86)

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