Should I move my AKG BX20 from my basement to my lil studio?

DJCrabCake · Post by **DJCrabCake** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:25 pm

My dad brought this huge brown box home years ago when I was still making demos on my 4 track portastudio. He told me its previous home was located where a buncha Mercury recordings were made. It's still sitting in my basement. Never used it. I have a fairly small recording studio so I'm reluctant to dig out this monolith. Anyone familar with the BX20 think I can get some cool sounds I wouldn't be able to get with an ace reverb plug? I'm sure it has its own unique characteristics and would be cool to have at my studio, I just need someone to convince me as space is a premium.

Cheers,

Crabcakes

A.David.MacKinnon · Post by **A.David.MacKinnon** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:50 am

Good god! Get it out of the basement NOW!
It's a really good spring reverb. It will do spring reverb sounds better than any plug-in.

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:59 am

DJCrabCake wrote:My dad brought this huge brown box home years ago when I was still making demos on my 4 track portastudio. He told me its previous home was located where a buncha Mercury recordings were made. It's still sitting in my basement. Never used it. I have a fairly small recording studio so I'm reluctant to dig out this monolith. Anyone familar with the BX20 think I can get some cool sounds I wouldn't be able to get with an ace reverb plug? I'm sure it has its own unique characteristics and would be cool to have at my studio, I just need someone to convince me as space is a premium.

Cheers,

Crabcakes

Sell it to me.
Seriously.

jaguarsg · Post by **jaguarsg** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:20 am

no, sell it to me!

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:11 am

Why don't you just run some cables down to the basement?
it will take longer to run down and tweak stuff but, ya know, sometimes you just gotta get out of the control room.

Chris

joel hamilton · Post by **joel hamilton** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:14 am

thecheat wrote:Why don't you just run some cables down to the basement?
it will take longer to run down and tweak stuff but, ya know, sometimes you just gotta get out of the control room.

Chris

There is nothing to tweak on a BX20. (oversimplified, but true).

emrr · Post by **emrr** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:24 am

one way or the other, get it out of the basement.

Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:25 am

Wow, I wish I had a random BX20 - it would be put right to task, bulky or no.

How about pretending it is a coffee table? Dual use.

DJCrabCake · Post by **DJCrabCake** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:45 am

thecheat wrote:Why don't you just run some cables down to the basement?
it will take longer to run down and tweak stuff but, ya know, sometimes you just gotta get out of the control room.

Chris

Alas, my studio is in a different location...i do miss the damp walls and working with that old 4-track in my basement though. Maybe I'll bring the BX20 to my studio just to recreate that sacred space! Only this time I'll actually hook it up!

Seriously, thanks for the replies. I think I'm gonna haul this behemoth down to the studio and mess around with it.

Chris Crabcakes

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:50 pm

Atta boy! it cant weigh more than my car, and seriously, I take that thing EVERYWHERE!

lol good luck man, let us know how it sounds.

Chris

DJCrabCake · Post by **DJCrabCake** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:28 pm

Would laying this thing on its side alter the sound? I don't want it to double as a coffee table but it would fit sideways up in my studio loft space. Logic tells me the spring should remain upright.

C

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:09 am

i THINK you would be ok. but don't quote me on that the biggest spring reverb i've got is in the back of my Twin Reverb but thats never been affected by being positioned a different way.

Chris

mattallen · Post by **mattallen** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:57 pm

The BX20 cannot sit on it's side!
It's a vertical spring tube.

thecheat · Post by **thecheat** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:57 pm

SORRY DUDE! Didn't know.

Please dont hit me again....

Chris

mattallen · Post by **mattallen** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 3:07 pm

wasn't yelling, or hitting, just didn't want you to damage it

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