Looking for blank channels for Yamaha pm-1000

[stevegkeezer]

I've seen a couple pictures of these 32 channel PM1000s online.

I was curious if anyone has disassembled one of these and has any of these empty channel strips you see on the far left of the console?

My console is missing some channels and it would be great to cover up some of these empty slots where I don't have channels

 

[JW]

What channel count are we talking about? I have a 16channel mixer with 8 extra channels with no home,so would like the larger chassis and could part with the 16 channel chassis if for some reason you didn't want to eventually fill it out. Maybe that would be an option? Just an idea.

 

[stevegkeezer]

I actually just own a 16 channel mixer with channels 1- 6 and am missing the other 10 input channels. I would eventually like to fill out the console some day. I just can't pay the prices people want for individual channels these days.

 

[Whoops]

When I registered in this forum in 2008 the racking of PM1000 channel strips was a really common project. So many people were removing the channels from consoles to rack them.
Some people called them the "Japanese Neve", I guess because they use input and output transformers and discreet circuitry.

So many channels were racked or butchered in the past, might be hard to find some complete channels at the present

 

[stevegkeezer]

They are great pre's I understand why. For clarity, I am actually not looking for the channel strips themselves. Just these empty slot covers I circled in red the image.

 

[Whoops]

Just these empty slot covers I circled in red the image.

Oh I understand now.
In case you can't get original those are really easy to make, you can get any CNC shop to machine those for you, as they're very simple it will be cheap.

Good Luck

 

[stevegkeezer]

Oh I understand now.
In case you can't get original those are really easy to make, you can get any CNC shop to machine those for you, as they're very simple it will be cheap.

Good Luck

Right on. I will have to see check around locally and see if I can find someone. It would be great to see once outside of the consoles just for reference.

 

[Ike Zimbel]

The ones in your picture do not look like original Yamaha parts. For a color match and material match, just take one of your channel strips to a metal fabricator and tell them you want blank strips to match.

 

[Brian Roth]

It's been TOOOO many years since I looked at one of those desks. But, IIRC the actual modules had a steel "sub chassis" below the top plate that held the various controls and also acted as a stiffener for the top plate.

Bri

 

[Ike Zimbel]

It's been TOOOO many years since I looked at one of those desks. But, IIRC the actual modules had a steel "sub chassis" below the top plate that held the various controls and also acted as a stiffener for the top plate.

Bri

Yes and no. Yes, there is a steel frame that surrounds the undersides of the module, but the aluminum front panel is an inverted "u-channel" and plenty stiff by itself. At least that's how I remember it, and I last saw a 16x4 desk in August of 2020.

 

[MidnightArrakis]

They are great pre's I understand why. For clarity, I am actually not looking for the channel strips themselves. Just these empty slot covers I circled in red the image.

I could easily "Reverse-Engineer" your empty channel-strip for you so you can have it made by any sheet-metal shop as I have recently done so for another member on this forum as is shown below:



However.....no matter how "simple" your empty channel-strip sheet-metal work might be, a sheet-metal shop is going to want to have a "Sheet-Metal Fabrication Mechanical Detail Drawing" to work from as is shown below:



As you can easily see, even though this "Transformer Mounting Bracket" is nothing more than a small piece of metal bent-up with some holes in it, in order to have this bracket made by a metal-shop it still requires a plethora of mechanical dimensions that need to be called-out so the sheet-metal shop knows what they're doing. You can ask any of your local sheet-metal shops to see if you can just drop-off your channel-strip and have them "Reverse-Engineer" it for you. However, more than likely the metal-shop will then also charge you for their services. Just sayin'.....

Your other option is to send me your empty channel-strip as this other member has done so I can create everything that is needed by your local sheet-metal shop to fabricate this sheet-metal part for you. My 2-cents.....

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