Strand SP60

[rooftop]

Just out of interest; does a working Strand SP60 (3-preset, 60 channel) have any value or is it scrap value only?

[Ynot]

Unlikely.

I got NO interest at all when we got rid of ours some years ago.

[civic1975]

Blast from the past!

 

We had one in the Civic Centre in Aylesbury with one of the first sets of T spots.

 

My first job was fitting and connecting up in 12 colour changers on the T spots.

 

We also had the exploding lamp problem - Phillips and Thorn.

 

Stuart

[paulears]

We had one hanging around for years - worked perfectly and I offered to give it away on here - nobody thought it worth the fuel to collect and it was skipped. Lots of people, me included, loved them - but as for wanting one now???

[Ynot]

When I first moved over to my current venue, the SP60 with original STM dimmers had pride of place in our control room.

In fact, here's a late 70s or early 80s pic of the wee beastie...

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j40/Ynot_01/CR-2.jpg

 

In them days, the techs used to be a tad smarter!!

 

(E2A - no that is NOT me in the pic!)

[Dmills]

Might be worth seeing if any audio types might want the quadrant faders?

They will be linear but that is easily fixed with a VCA or by adding a suitably chosen resistor from one end of the thing to the wiper.

 

Try the prodigy pro forums or maybe the REP forums on prosoundweb for possible takers.

 

Regards, Dan.

[rooftop]

Any idea what an SP60 plus 60 ways of STM dimming would have cost back in the day?

 

Compare with today, 3x24ch Chillis is about £6k, plus a "basic" desk - say £1k?

[gareth]

Hmm, I think the old SP60 from our studio theatre might still be lurking underneath a staircase at the far end of the building ...

[Tomo]

In them days, the techs used to be a tad smarter!!

Don't know about that!

When I worked on the cruise ships I would operate the shows in a my dinner suit* for formal nights, and jacket, shirt and tie otherwise.

 

*Black shirt and black bow tie, of course.