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API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)
  • API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)
  • API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)
  • API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)
  • API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)
  • API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)
  • API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)
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API 32-Channel Early '70s Console (Vintage)

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Product Description

Originally owned by the Dooble Brothers, then Vintage King owners, Michael & Andrew Nehra for a decade for use at their legendary White Room Studios/Detroit. Kid Rock's 10 million+ selling "Devil Without a Cause' and many other hi profile Detroit based recordings cut one it. Then lovingly cared for by ex-Smashing Pumpkins-Billy Corgan for several years.

This classic 1971 API contains the special and rare 515 mic-pre/aux modules only shipped within a small amount of vintage API desks. Mike Nehra, VK co-owner and former owner of desk states: "these were my favorite sounding pre's within any classic API consoles. What makes them unique, is not only the early 70's API tone with outstanding color and headroom, but when driven hard would break up with a musical fuzzy distortion heard on so many brilliant classic API recordings made by artists such as Prince, Heart & Aerosmith. They had great sounding useful 3 position hi pass filters, that were so useful in cleaning up vocals, drum, guitars and so forth, with spot on frequency and filter slope. This desk was the punchiest API we have ever come across. You would cut a track thru it and playback was amazingly in your face, with rock solid bunch and clarity, but with a musical color that was undeniable"

Will be sold with either Vintage King Standard or Premium Servicing. On site commissioning via VK’s tech shop is available to see the installation all the way thru!






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