rainton
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Hey guys - I did it again ;D
As some of you might know one of my recent projects was an authentic recreation of a vintage Pultec EQP-1A.
Just after I finished the EQP-1A I was so thrilled by the result that I decided I just had to build an MEQ-5 as well.
So I designed an authentic chassis and built one from scratch - as with my other recent projects I wanted to stay as close to the vintage units as possible, so I used mostly original components throughout the entire unit (such as original transformers, NOS Allen & Bradley pots, NOS RCA tubes , etc...)
During the group buy for the EQP-1A chassis I mentioned to some members, that I might do an MEQ-5 in the future and the feedback I got was I should definitely start a group buy for it as well...
...so, well - if there's indeed some interest I will do a run.
But I'm sure you want to know what it will look like so here's some pics of my finished prototype:
front:
back:
also here's a little peak inside before I wired it all up:
With this chassis you will be able to build an authentic replica of a vintage Pultec MEQ-5.
For those who don't want to use the original transformers - as alway there will be adapter plates available
to mount Sowter transformers instead
As with the past group buys the final pricing depends on how many chassis we get together here.
We have to be at least 10 - everything below is ridiculously expensive - so:
10-19 chassis would be: 225 EUR (excl. VAT if applicable)
20+ chassis would be: 195 EUR (excl. VAT if applicable)
All chassis would come with powder coated blue-grey front panel with white silk screening and powder coated similar to hammer finish dark grey back chassis.
All kits feature all cutouts needed to build an authentic recreation of the "real thing" and includes the filter box (also powder coated) to be mounted to the back of the main chassis. All screw holes needed to put the chassis together are fitted with threaded inserts to allow for extremely easy assembly.
I have to add that due to "Pultec" being a registered trademark the front panel will only say: "Midrange Equalizer MEQ-5"
Even though this is an extremely simple circuit (the amp section is even much simpler than the EQP-1A) there's not much info on the web when it comes the wiring and layout of the components inside the chassis. So I will try to do a graphical layout that shows it all just like I'm doing it for my EQP-1A chassis at the moment. So even though it'S p2p, this is not a very complicated build...
Alright folks, let's see if there's enough interest.
And I'm still open for discussion (i.e. my prototype has a cutout for a screw terminal on the back just like the vintage units instead of XLRs, but for the EQP-1A the majority wanted cutouts for XLRs) so let me know what you think
Martin
P.S.: Yes my MEQ-5 sounds amazing ;D
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As some of you might know one of my recent projects was an authentic recreation of a vintage Pultec EQP-1A.
Just after I finished the EQP-1A I was so thrilled by the result that I decided I just had to build an MEQ-5 as well.
So I designed an authentic chassis and built one from scratch - as with my other recent projects I wanted to stay as close to the vintage units as possible, so I used mostly original components throughout the entire unit (such as original transformers, NOS Allen & Bradley pots, NOS RCA tubes , etc...)
During the group buy for the EQP-1A chassis I mentioned to some members, that I might do an MEQ-5 in the future and the feedback I got was I should definitely start a group buy for it as well...
...so, well - if there's indeed some interest I will do a run.
But I'm sure you want to know what it will look like so here's some pics of my finished prototype:
front:
back:
also here's a little peak inside before I wired it all up:
With this chassis you will be able to build an authentic replica of a vintage Pultec MEQ-5.
For those who don't want to use the original transformers - as alway there will be adapter plates available
to mount Sowter transformers instead
As with the past group buys the final pricing depends on how many chassis we get together here.
We have to be at least 10 - everything below is ridiculously expensive - so:
10-19 chassis would be: 225 EUR (excl. VAT if applicable)
20+ chassis would be: 195 EUR (excl. VAT if applicable)
All chassis would come with powder coated blue-grey front panel with white silk screening and powder coated similar to hammer finish dark grey back chassis.
All kits feature all cutouts needed to build an authentic recreation of the "real thing" and includes the filter box (also powder coated) to be mounted to the back of the main chassis. All screw holes needed to put the chassis together are fitted with threaded inserts to allow for extremely easy assembly.
I have to add that due to "Pultec" being a registered trademark the front panel will only say: "Midrange Equalizer MEQ-5"
Even though this is an extremely simple circuit (the amp section is even much simpler than the EQP-1A) there's not much info on the web when it comes the wiring and layout of the components inside the chassis. So I will try to do a graphical layout that shows it all just like I'm doing it for my EQP-1A chassis at the moment. So even though it'S p2p, this is not a very complicated build...
Alright folks, let's see if there's enough interest.
And I'm still open for discussion (i.e. my prototype has a cutout for a screw terminal on the back just like the vintage units instead of XLRs, but for the EQP-1A the majority wanted cutouts for XLRs) so let me know what you think
Martin
P.S.: Yes my MEQ-5 sounds amazing ;D
THE List: B)
LeRoux (2) PAID
Craig PAID
Quayhog PAID
jpharaoh (2) PAID
Hugo (2) PAID
moltenwok (2) PAID
kosi 2 PAID
59flame (2) PAID
jpalden (2) PAID
AusTex64 (2) PAID
Famap (2) PAID
Knotty (2) PAID
rainton PAID
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