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Here it is an old time classic that everybody wants in their rack: the TC Electronic M5000 incarnated in the Remote version. The customer that brought it in declared it DEAD… Well, TC...
We love this beauty of a Bear, he gets involved with anything that has to do with Vintage Gear, he simply LOVES IT! So here we have a beautiful and unique piece of history that comes in a very sought...
This unit does not need much of an introduction… one of the most sought after compressors on the market. We have recently acquired these two mono units in a custom rack with external power...
What a classic! We received this unit from a well known producer / engineer in London to get refurbished. Fitted with new (high grade) capacitors, cleaned all switches and pots, tested on the bench...
Before the days of digital, the delays, choruses, flangers, vocoders and many more, there was only one effect – the only way to achieve artificial reverb was to build a reverb chamber – a...
Almost a year ago we helped design, supplied all the equipment and did the installation at Bravo Records – a brand new recording/mastering/dubbing facility in Tbilisi, Georgia. Our fantastic...
Introduced in 1949, the Neumann M49 is one of the most extraordinary microphones ever made. Word has it that Neumann produced about 2500 M49s following their introduction in 1949 but they rarely...
Check out this very very early Manley EL-OP unit that came through our workshop. It was actually made by VTL before David Manley established his own manufacturing plant. This unit is quite...
For this week’s edition of Gear of the Week, or what we would like to call “Ooh, look what’s on the bench!”, we would like to have a quick look at the Amek 9098 Dual Mic...