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<blockquote data-quote="Mark Herman" data-source="post: 18934" data-attributes="member: 72"><p>Re: showconsole - too good to be true?</p><p></p><p>Hi Art!</p><p>Funny thing is that old Studiomaster (common nickname was StudioDisaster) I fixed up and it actually made me money. It paid for itself x20 with rentals and then it got sold for what you sold it to me. Of all the consoles it might have made the most ROI (return on investment) percentage-wise. Kind of crazy. Can't believe you remember that. It was the 3rd console (if you want to call it that) I bought</p><p>I never liked the extremely colored sound of the Yamaha PM-3000 and hated the 10 degree thermal drift of the VCAs but I have to say that they were a great investment and were significant in making my company grow. I had 16 of them out on tour at once and they were a gold mine. Having a lower cost, reliable touring console with VCAs and power supplies that didn't fail was huge at the time they came out in 1986 (of course the very first run of PM-3000s were full of problems but that got fixed).</p><p>The Gamble HC and SC models (1979 -1985) had their quirks ( oh yeah) for sure but I never had big problems with the pots locking up. Guess I serviced mine more<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. They were great sounding at that time and far better on the road than a Harrison. I did have a nightmare with motherboards and a slew of pots a few times - usually due to stupid actions. One notable time Jerry Garcia from the Dead spilled a supersized Coke all over a pristine Gamble SC monitor console during a rehearsal while Harry Popick the monitor eng was out on a longgggggggggg break riding a motorcycle. It was never the same. That bummed me out because I personally handbuilt that entire console myself in Gamble's shop. It was the best sounding Gamble ever in that whole series. The ROI on the big expensive consoles was never as good as on the PM-3000s. Ah those days...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark Herman, post: 18934, member: 72"] Re: showconsole - too good to be true? Hi Art! Funny thing is that old Studiomaster (common nickname was StudioDisaster) I fixed up and it actually made me money. It paid for itself x20 with rentals and then it got sold for what you sold it to me. Of all the consoles it might have made the most ROI (return on investment) percentage-wise. Kind of crazy. Can't believe you remember that. It was the 3rd console (if you want to call it that) I bought I never liked the extremely colored sound of the Yamaha PM-3000 and hated the 10 degree thermal drift of the VCAs but I have to say that they were a great investment and were significant in making my company grow. I had 16 of them out on tour at once and they were a gold mine. Having a lower cost, reliable touring console with VCAs and power supplies that didn't fail was huge at the time they came out in 1986 (of course the very first run of PM-3000s were full of problems but that got fixed). The Gamble HC and SC models (1979 -1985) had their quirks ( oh yeah) for sure but I never had big problems with the pots locking up. Guess I serviced mine more:). They were great sounding at that time and far better on the road than a Harrison. I did have a nightmare with motherboards and a slew of pots a few times - usually due to stupid actions. One notable time Jerry Garcia from the Dead spilled a supersized Coke all over a pristine Gamble SC monitor console during a rehearsal while Harry Popick the monitor eng was out on a longgggggggggg break riding a motorcycle. It was never the same. That bummed me out because I personally handbuilt that entire console myself in Gamble's shop. It was the best sounding Gamble ever in that whole series. The ROI on the big expensive consoles was never as good as on the PM-3000s. Ah those days... [/QUOTE]
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