EMI Homebush

[ChrisW]

I managed to snag this beauty and it's going to be heading home:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 444wt_1167

I'm surprised at the price given the value of other EMI related gear.
Don't tell me it sounds like dung.

[heathen]

Cool, will be interesting to see if anyone knows anything about it, if it sounds like dung big deal, for 500 bucks who cares, it may be treasure.

[NYMo]

Hi there,

Isn't life strange...a piece of gear from Homebush living in Oakland CA ...and then coming back home !

Cheers
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[The Tasmanian]

Nice score on price!
I have one - they need pad,phase and 4 x direct out mods from Rob
Killer on guitar
Chris Townend

[ChrisW]

Yes, I saw that on Rob's webpage.
I checked around the web before making the final bid.
I know the TGI stuff pretty well (AMAZING on drums), but I doubt this is too similar.
However, nearly all the UK studio/audio stuff from this period is fabulous IMO.
And Aussie I should say (AWA).
I'll definitely get Rob to fix it up, and I can't wait to hear it on guitar....... and drums.

[rick]

i bought that unit yeas ago at action before it went to the us on ebay .

the guy didnt even remove the abc stickers :)
thats what he paid for it years ago .

its about the current price as well .

Rob as reworked a few of them , i sold all my emi gear when the TG bug first hit years ago

this stuff is interesting but there is nothing TG EMI about it

[ChrisW]

Thanks for the cheerful post.

[The Tasmanian]

Yeah, I agree they don't sound like tg stuff
I don't use them on drums as I have all my fave pre's for drums
but on electric guitar they have a great top end - and they distort really nicely too.
Chris Townend

[TimS]

Thanks for the cheerful post.

I thought the same thing Chris!!

[chris p]

I dunno, guys, isn't Rick just keeping it real? He did say that the price was about right (ie you didn't get ripped off) and that the pres were "interesting" - which I understood to mean usable but not universal. He gave you the provenance for the units, and told us what we probably could have guessed - you don't get 4 x EMI TGs for $500 off ebay. Not cheerful, perhaps, but not exactly pouring cold water over your parade either.

[jkhuri44]

Thanks for the cheerful post.

jeez, dont you guys know anything? rick only humour's his clients :P hahaha

or fishermen with awesome boats ...

[Chinagraf]

What does the 'TG' stand for?? "Totally good"?"Truly Great"? "Try Google"? "Turtlerock Guy"?

[ChrisW]

Here's a site that explains most things (not the TG though I think):
http://www.tgmixers.co.uk/

[rick]

that post and a run of recent things i have said , follow on my "reslipped' disc in my back , so i am way more grumpy then i need to be , and depending on the time of day ( after work ) , way more medicated then my lack of humour would show .

i thought my damn back was all good and here we go again :(
so i apoligise for what i write , have written and will write for the next little while.
you know i didnt mean to be mean .

i think those pres have a great sense of 'crack" , there is nothing soggy about them , but you will need to get modded to seperate outs , whiich involves a bit of work by somebody who knows what they are doing .

they are not TG , not neve not api not anything other then oddball emi homebush location mixers built to forfill an abc contract

and yes folks if you like them there are HEAPS of them floating around undiscovered

hell they are all discrete well made and say EMI , 4 mike pres for $700 - its actually a huge bargain !
but lets not tell everybody.. huh

[Chris H]

I would guess they are in the same ballpark as the AWA BAR pres and they were roughly, (or closely?) based on the RCA OB preamps. I have the AWA/s and while not being a one trick pony do have limitations to what i use em on. They have heaps of output so are good for ribbons. They arn't clean or quiet especially when gained up. Mine are germanium and crunch up in a nice way. I've used mine on snare, bass, vox & elec gitr. and room mic for the kit. They are the ants pants when you want to capture the effect at the source rather than relying on plugins like PSP's vintage warmer, or Magneto to get the effect........but over all they are totally useless lo fi bits of junk and nobody should even bother buying em when they occasionally pop up on eBay and the like! :)

[ChrisW]

Seriously though.....
Were these made in the UK and shipped out, or made in Sydney to a UK design edict, or made in Sydney to an Aussie design?

[rick]

no uk parts ,
all aussie
unlike some other emi stuff made in homebush which used uk trannies etc

it was made to work alongside the awa ones which where made to work alongside the rca ones for ABC outside broadcast purposes and specs

Emi/ thorn , used to make a lot of stuff in homebush, tv radio , telecommuncations stuff etc
its not rare just unknown

[ChrisW]

no uk parts ,
all aussie

That's bad right?
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just kidding

[Chinagraf]

No Chris, it's even better, because the transformers are wound with vegemite..

[headman]

Question: "What does the 'TG' stand for?? "Totally good"?"Truly Great"? "Try Google"? "Turtlerock Guy"?"

Answer:Technical Group

headman

[Chinagraf]

Thanks Greatly Headman

[Stephen C]

Those F*cking abc stickers! Ha ha ha!

so funny.

like the way it covers the printed earthing diagram.

F*ck I have nightmares over those abc stickers...

always in the most innapropriate locations... and usually crooked.

I guess there historical now so they have to stay.

They are meant to be removed you know ;)

but in reality I like them.

Those abc stickers.

and the yellow ones have a 'security feature' and if you pull them off they never look legitimate any more.

(in case your wondering I have to look at them every day... so much in fact that I nearly have some of them memorised...)

[Matt_Gio]

so as I stupidly asked in ANOTHER post...

I know they're NOT neve api etc...
but will they hold their own in there?

Will they work better than my Syteks?? hehe which I really don't enjoy next to neves etc