Members d4rk0 Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 anyone know anything about this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jordanjordan Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Cranked ac30 toanz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members goodhonk Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 gotta decipher the name, i like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aaron SS Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 He might... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Galileo Figaro - Magnifico-o-o-o-o! I suspect it will be something along the lines of a Catalinbread Naga Viper and CB30 in a single housing. That would definitely do the fandango. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arthurdent'd Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 thunder bolts of lightning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jordanjordan Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 thunderbolts and lightening Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jordanjordan Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Gah! Dammit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mirrorball Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Ah should have known to check this thread before I posted mine. (Did a search for "Galileo" and got no results) But yeah, I'm assuming it's a juiced up CB30/Naga Viper type combo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arthurdent'd Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Gah! Dammit very very frightening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members d4rk0 Posted July 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 I could get on with a NV and CB30... but one switch says bypass and one says top boost, so they couldn't be used independently... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Ah should have known to check this thread before I posted mine. (Did a search for "Galileo" and got no results) But yeah, I'm assuming it's a juiced up CB30/Naga Viper type combo. For some reason people can't just come out and say what they're posting about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TomCTC Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Galileo Figaro - Magnifico-o-o-o-o! I suspect it will be something along the lines of a Catalinbread Naga Viper and CB30 in a single housing. That would definitely do the fandango. Ding ding ding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LSMFT6 Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Metal Muff with Top Boost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members !i!i!i!i!i! Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 {censored}ing awesome. first catalinbread pedal i've bought in a long while[video=youtube;xt0V0_1MS0Q] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ispunk Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 The Galileo needs to come with one of these: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Player99 Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 ^ Was that the cat's ass back in the day? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Actually, that's the cat's ass today - that's a Studer A827, the last Studer 24 track analog deck. The "Gold" version is probably the best 2" tape deck ever built. Those weren't around back in the mid-70s. Studers were, but not that model. Back in the 70s, it would have been an A-80. Since A Night At The Opera was recorded at a few different studios, I'm not really sure which specific tape decks were used on it, but I'd be surprised if an A-80 wasn't one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Aristotle Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks for the background info, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Player99 Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 How much are they? I might want one to record a white Les Paul I am buying off eBay. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Who the {censored} wants to sound like Brian May? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members !i!i!i!i!i! Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 I do [video=youtube;JzjA3mzK2b0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 But he already sounds like that and he's waaaaaaaaaaaay better than you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 Depends on which one we're talking about, the number of hours on it and overall condition (especially of the heads), and what kind of a deal you luck into. In general, a lot of big studios have closed down, and pretty much every time I'm in one, I see deck after deck sitting idly in the hallways while whatever rooms happen to be booked have someone working with a DAW. Yes, some are being used as transfer machines, and some are in service as multitrack recorders for tracking and mixing, but there just isn't the same demand for them today that there once was. That has driven the prices way down. Also, remember that these are all old machines now. An A80 could be pushing 40 years old. The last A827 was sold new in 2007. At the time, they listed for $58K. The last one I saw for sale was well under ten grand. Sounds interesting, huh? Don't forget the costs in terms of care and feeding. Electricity draw on that beast is... considerable. You'll need a few mechanical and electronics tools, a calibration tape, etc. and / or a good tech to keep it running to spec. You'll need to clean and degauss it regularly, align it, calibrate it. Tape's not cheap either. Two inch tape used to cost me $140 / reel, and that was a good price. You'll get about 16 minutes of 24 track recording time out of that reel at 30 IPS, or twice that at 15 IPS tape speed. Depending on the amount of alternative takes you decide to keep, you can easily use six reels of tape recording an album. You'll need a bare minimum of two, and I've seen projects that have used many more. Here's an old Tascam ATR-80 for under two grand. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Tascam-ATR-80-2-24-Track-Audio-Recorder-Multitrack-Multi-Track-Machine-/320933532268?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab921126c Here's an old Otari MX-80. I've spent countless hours driving one of these, and they're good decks. But IMHO, this one is over-priced a bit at $3k. If it was Otari's nicer MTR-90 and in great shape, it might be worth $3k. I can't see the somewhat more affordable MX-80 going for that much though - not with the way the prices have been lately. http://www.ebay.com/itm/OTARI-MX-8-24-TRACK-2-ANALOG-RECORDER-/251088286212?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a76073204 However, I prefer the MX-80 over the ATR-80 overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Player99 Posted July 11, 2012 Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 Thanks for the lesson Phil. Out of my league with all the servicing and maintenance. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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