Members mr benn Posted June 6, 2012 Members Share Posted June 6, 2012 Hey Phil,ever heard of one of these? I'm looking for a cheap desk and one popped up,seems to be from 1988 or there aboutsAny info on them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted June 6, 2012 Members Share Posted June 6, 2012 ^^^Um, yeah.^^^ Reasonably clean, doesn't have oodles of headroom. 3 band fived EQ, IIRC, 4 buss. If everything still works and it's cheap, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 6, 2012 Share Posted June 6, 2012 Sure - they look like this: http://en.audiofanzine.com/utilities/a.provider,m.47270,mod.media,th.normal,s.pictures.JPG They're pretty old at this point, so how it has been treated will make a huge difference, but I wouldn't be interested in spending very much on a board like that today. They sound decent (certainly nothing special - they're old used boards, not magical "vintage" ones), and they are generally reliable (Yamaha generally makes good stuff) but old live boards like that generally aren't all that expensive on the used market these days - at least over here. I have no idea what it's like in Dublin. What are they asking for it, if you don't mind me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr benn Posted June 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 6, 2012 thanks Flogger & Phil! it's a friend of mine who just told me that he figured they were selling for about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Bummer about the dust - hopefully it was boxed up - or at least covered up while in storage. Still, it's Ireland, not California, so I suspect dust is less of an issue there, and damp much more of one. Assuming it all works, his price seems about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr benn Posted June 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 7, 2012 Phil you're a gent! I think I'm going to offer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 8, 2012 Share Posted June 8, 2012 Maaaaybe Yamaha UK can help you out with parts. I've been really impressed with how well Yamaha USA treats me whenever I have need of help; hopefully they're equally helpful in the UK. Still, it's an older board, so they may not have the exact match in terms of knobs or fader caps available. Can't hurt to ask - I'd definitely start there. If you wanted matching caps and can't find one or two matching originals, you could always replace all 18 of 'em with new ones of non-original design. I believe they're pretty standard faders; finding caps that would work with those 60mm faders shouldn't be too difficult. After Yamaha, the first two places in the US I'd look for something like that would probably be the Mouser and Digikey catalogs. Sorry I can't offer any similar Euro based suppliers, but I'm sure if we ask around, we can track some down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mr benn Posted June 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Maaaaybe Yamaha UK can help you out with parts. I've been really impressed with how well Yamaha USA treats me whenever I have need of help; hopefully they're equally helpful in the UK. Still, it's an older board, so they may not have the exact match in terms of knobs or fader caps available. Can't hurt to ask - I'd definitely start there. If you wanted matching caps and can't find one or two matching originals, you could always replace all 18 of 'em with new ones of non-original design. I believe they're pretty standard faders; finding caps that would work with those 60mm faders shouldn't be too difficult. After Yamaha, the first two places in the US I'd look for something like that would probably be the Mouser and Digikey catalogs. Sorry I can't offer any similar Euro based suppliers, but I'm sure if we ask around, we can track some down. Excellent! Thank you kindly Phil,that's gonna be a Great help! So anyways...it looks like I'm getting this for free! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 For FREE? Free is good. :phil: What are you going to use it for - as a submixer or...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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