Members agedhorse Posted September 14, 2009 Members Share Posted September 14, 2009 Kelsey? They were sooooo 1970s you just had to reopen old wounds didn't you? I paid for a lot of college with Kelsey DMI. I have very fond memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gonzobassman Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 All I know is that back in the day the "road bands" that were cool enough to have a Kelsey board,were ...,well they were just cool!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 They were really a good transition between MI level boards (think Peavey, Tapco, Tangent, Fender, Sunn) and the pro stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassred Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Now ya'll are making me wish I hadn't sold mine.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kevin T Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Except that it was built in the U.S. Most were built in Hawthorne, NJ IIRC. Could I have the brand confused ?? I could sware it had A union jack flag on the back I thought it was precurser to A&H gear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted September 15, 2009 Members Share Posted September 15, 2009 Nope, the flag was a tribute to their UK orgins, the company was based in the US from the 70's IIRC, Hawthorne NJ, phased out Kelsey to start Crest Audio (amps first then mixers), then Peavey bought the remains. I was involved as Kelsey was being retured and Crest came into being. I did their repairs on the west coast. http://www.soundcitysite.com/sc_webpages/history_2.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HarpBoy Posted January 23, 2010 Members Share Posted January 23, 2010 Nope, the flag was a tribute to their UK orgins, the company was based in the US from the 70's IIRC, Hawthorne NJ, phased out Kelsey to start Crest Audio (amps first then mixers), then Peavey bought the remains. I was involved as Kelsey was being retured and Crest came into being. I did their repairs on the west coast. http://www.soundcitysite.com/sc_webpages/history_2.htm Hi there agedhorse. A few years ago I acquired a Pro-club 12+2. The SN is PC9100114446. I don't know much about this mixer, and was wondering what light you could shed? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 23, 2010 Members Share Posted January 23, 2010 Hi there agedhorse. A few years ago I acquired a Pro-club 12+2. The SN is PC9100114446. I don't know much about this mixer, and was wondering what light you could shed? Cheers The ProClubs were a slanted faceplate unit built into the flitecase. It was the first transformerless input mixer and worked great. It was simple but effective. IIRC it also was the first mixer of theirs to have an internal power supply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pour Decision Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 I too have a vintage Kelsey. Anyone interested ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bugzie Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 Andy to the rescue.... Again. Christ what would we do without you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted January 31, 2010 Members Share Posted January 31, 2010 I too have a vintage Kelsey. Anyone interested ?? Looks like another ProClub 12+3. Nice little board for somebody into the "vintage" thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members badsun79 Posted February 6, 2010 Members Share Posted February 6, 2010 hi, i'm lookin to go a lil bigger with my mixer found an old kelsey pro series 24 chan with case, buck fifty just doin bar gigs and such don't wanna go crazy any thoughts. i thought for the size and price it seems ok and a can of contact cleaner goes a long way thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 6, 2010 Members Share Posted February 6, 2010 Don't use contact cleaner on it, over time the resistive elements will be destroyed. Then you will end up with a steaming pile of unfixable junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Consume Posted February 10, 2010 Members Share Posted February 10, 2010 Sometimes, I miss my old Kelsey. You have to have loved the "spin" feature. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marsmedia Posted February 16, 2011 Members Share Posted February 16, 2011 I purchased a Kelsey 12-channel ProClub+3 brand new, mail odered, $650, from Manny's, circa 1982, while attending the university of oklahoma. I was amazed by the compactness, the clean output, and although the mixer was used primarily for recording music and sound for video sound editing, it served double duty in sound reinforcement. When I moved to Monterey/CA in '85, the mixer went along, and no one out west had seen a kelsey mixer! I did a fair amount of live sound mixing and acquired a 100 ft snake for ease of operation. After a few years, I had to store a lot of my gear, and when I took it all out of storage a few years later, the Kelsey's pots were all noisy. After removing the mixer from the road case and seeing that the pots were all closed back design, I became concerned until I learned how to properly clean them: simply rotate each one fully, 100 times! Sounds tedious, but that really works! While in Monterey, I purchased a used 16-channel ProClub+3 which is considerably larger than my trusty old 12 chan! The 16-chan board offered more inserts, solo features and overall, more bells and whistles, and the welcome feature of a headphone jack! (Never understood why my 12-chan lacked a headphone jack!) So, besides the lack of a headphone jack, the only other issue I have with the 12-chan mixer is that the 1/4" jacks are plastic! Other than that, my 2 kelsey boards are real workhorses! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 17, 2011 Members Share Posted February 17, 2011 I was THE Kelsey service guy out here during the 80's and early 90's. They were the beginning of the compact board market and ahead of their time. there is another way to properly clean the Kelsey pots and several ways to completely ruin them. PM me and I'll get you the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stagteep Posted September 1, 2019 Members Share Posted September 1, 2019 I have that mixer 8 12 16 I want to get rid of any one kno what there worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stagteep Posted September 1, 2019 Members Share Posted September 1, 2019 I have that same Kelsey mixing consoles 8 12 16 I would like to get rid of does any one kno what they sell for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted October 8, 2019 Members Share Posted October 8, 2019 They are all worth about zero unfortunately. Same for most analog consoles of the era including some $10k+ consoles that I have taking up shop space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Consume Posted July 28, 2020 Members Share Posted July 28, 2020 I had this monstrosity. I recorded at least half the Metal and Punk Demo's recorded in Jacksonville, FL between 1988 and 1992 on this thing. live to a Yamaha MT44 4-track, then live to a Fostex A-4 8-track reel to reel (had 4 input channels, that switched from tracks 1-4 to 5-8. That was how Fostex saved money on it.) I installed in/out insert jacks in it.(talk about a PITA. I had this board disassembled for about 6 months and came home from my day job and worked on it all winter.) I used to drag this crap out to people's band rooms and record their demo's in their practice rooms. I also had a rack with cheapo outboard gear. What is funny, is one of my friends had gone into a bunch of real studios to record his band and when I recorded his band, he went -"This is the sound I wanted and never could get." Which I thought was hilarious, but it was just a crappy punk rock sound, but the funny thing is that his band had 1,000 cassettes made, and they sold them for $5 each and actually sold them all in a few weeks, and I became somewhat of a punk rock legend locally. Tons of kids came to me wanting demo's, so I tripled my price and they didn't bat an eye. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted September 1, 2020 Members Share Posted September 1, 2020 Yikes, is that a Pro 4/2 series? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassmix Posted October 23, 2022 Members Share Posted October 23, 2022 And here we are, 20years later still talking about Kelsey mixers! I just re-acquired my Pro-club+3 mixer from my friend. I think I bought it in the mid-80s. One channel is dead (gain pot spins around, no stop), lots of scratch ones, but it works. Would like to find a user manual for it, SN starts with KPC0B- agedhorse thanks for all the info in this thread. cheers all, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted April 8, 2023 Members Share Posted April 8, 2023 Pro Club +3.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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