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[meverylame]

In the spirit of the threads on the old forums. What's cool cheap gear you've been digging on?

If remember right the last list was something like this
Compression:
Ashly SC50
DBX 164
Art Pro VLA toob
Urei LA-12
And of course the FMR RNC

Pre amp:
Presonus MP 20
Bellari 220
Ampex 350

What are you guys finding? Include anything pres/fx/comp/eq/etc.

[j.hall]

effects.....

boss rph-10

simply, the best phaser out there.....i'll go into more detail if interested.

[spankenstein]

All of my gear is cheap!

I really like endorphin and BLOCKFISH from http://digitalfishphones.com/ for being free I get a lot of use out of them.

I've got a Squier Bronco bass that I put a humbucker from a Les Paul in. It gets used quite a bit. It's weird to play because it's short scale and it ends up sounding like a dull P-Bass. Really neat sound.

I get the most mileage out of Oktava MK012s and MK319s. I think I could reasonably do an entire project with one of them.

[meverylame]

Yeah Oktava stuff is great for the money. I've got a set of 012's and a set 219's. Which incidentally the 219s will frequently sound than my baby bottle on vox.

[NelsonL]

AT 4040 and Ampex 600 pre.

Both probably in the $200-300 range, but don't disappoint in the long run.

Digitech GSP 5 -- grainy and evil sounding, in a good way. In it's intended form as a guitar processor it sucks. Try it on other stuff and you might like it.

[Dan-O]

Still love and use the Boss SE-50.
Behringer Edison (no.....really)
Little Smokey guitar amp
I'll second the Ashly SC-50. I have the SC-55 stereo version, very cool but a little noisy. Used to get constant usage.
I'll also add the Ashly SC-40. Very underrated unit IMO.
The blue over black faced units for sure. I have a black faced one that just doesn't cut it. I don't know what they changed but it was a change for the worse IMO.

[j.hall]

never heard of the sc-40....unless that's the instrument pre amp

what is it?

[Dan-O]

j.hall wrote on Fri, 30 April 2004 10:23

never heard of the sc-40....unless that's the instrument pre amp

Yep that's what it is. Since we were talking ashly I figured I throw it in. Underated IMO for on the cheap. 4 unbal outputs, FX loop, bal mic out. Many still in use.

[takeout]

j.hall wrote on Fri, 30 April 2004 15:23

never heard of the sc-40....unless that's the instrument pre amp what is it?

Hint: you've had one staring you in the face the last few times you've been in studio.

[j.hall]

yeah, i sorta put that together yesterday i think.

hahahahaha

literally, staring me in the face......at least if i'm in the "mix position"

i'm so observant, aren't i??????????????????????

[Zoesch]

I'll second the presonus MP20... cool, weird, useable on a lot of things...

API 512c modules (c'mon at $500 a pop they ARE cheap)
Zoom RFX-2000 (I call it the "Destroyer of Sounds" good if you need to mess up things pretty badly)
Boss RPS-10 (Just feed something through and watch it mess up everything as a pitch shifter... it's... unique )
Safe Sound Audio P1 (Very cool preamp, borderline genius design... seriously)
DAV BG-1 (Great little pre, I prefer the rackmountable BG-2 but it's three times the price)
Ashly SC-50

[drumsound]

Dan-O wrote on Fri, 30 April 2004 08:03

Still love and use the B I'll second the Ashly SC-50. I have the SC-55 stereo version, very cool but a little noisy. Used to get constant usage. .

Wanna sell?

[Dan-O]

drumsound wrote on Tue, 04 May 2004 01:11

Dan-O wrote on Fri, 30 April 2004 08:03 Still love and use the B I'll second the Ashly SC-50. I have the SC-55 stereo version, very cool but a little noisy. Used to get constant usage. . Wanna sell?

Think I'll hang on to it for now. It dose see use here and there and I'm really a pack rat with gear. They can be found cheap on ebay.

[jason spartz]

I have been loving my Orban spring reverb lately.  

Jason

[Nate B.]

Two for the BOSS SE-50!