thanks rob - byer 66 rebuild

by **Damien** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:04 pm

Rob, thanks for re building my byer 66 - the one i baught from here before christmas.

yes it is dark, yes it distorts, yes its a quiet guitar amp

but i love it.

i just recorded a couple of acoustic tracks and it was fantastic.
her voice is really sibilant and this pre sounded by far the best of what we have for her. (with a tlm 103)

its great on guitar (amp mic'd) and is a great clean guitar amp.

im really happy, thanks rob.

damien

Rob Squire
http://www.proharmonic.com/

by **wez** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 9:18 pm

hey damien

i'm really pleased you got straight onto getting the byer fixed up... i knew it would make someone happy, and i also knew that i was never going to get around to it! wish i had've now!

enjoy!

by **Henry** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:44 am

Hey Damien what did Rob do and how much did it cost you? I got a Beyer too, waiting for a Birthday!

by **Damien** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 12:35 pm

he totally rebuilt it.
added 48v, pad and di inputs.

the price (ill let him tell you) was much less than a new pre and im totally happy with the cost and result.

it now cost me (purchase + rebuild) more than its probably worth to resell, but i didnt do all this to sell it.

its fantastic on the stuff im currently recording. im recording a really sibilant female vocal and i dont need to deess at all. the mixes i have done so far havent had amy eq.

tlm 103 - byer 66 - al smart - 2192 - tools. makes me happy....

by **Henry** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 5:59 pm

Did Rob remove the 15 watt amp side of it? Or leave it in? I'd love to see a photo if you got some?

by **rob** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 8:46 pm

thanks for the kind words Damien

if interested there are some photos and words on my website, you'll find it here.

http://www.proharmonic.com/recent.htm

This is a big job, turning the audio module into something useful in the modern studio and with an acceptable technical performance level.
There are always lots of ways to slice and dice a job like this, in Damien's case he got the full monty. Damien's unit did get off to a good start as his had already been fitted with a UTC input transformer.

by **OzDrum** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 1:19 pm

yeah from what I've heard coming from the studio while Damien has been recording in the last 2 weeks the Byer sounds great.. The guitar amp section through a Marshall 1960TV quad sounds great also on a clean sound!! Haven't had a chance to use it myself yet though - can't wait!!

Geoff Mison
PONY MUSIC

thanks rob - byer 66 rebuild

thanks rob - byer 66 rebuild

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