API 1608 48-Channel Console #548-0154 (Used)

Note: Photo shows 1608 loaded with EQ and compressor modules that are not included in sale of desk.

Purchase price includes API parts warranty until January 2017.

GENERAL INFO:

Brand: API
Model: 1608
Serial Number: 548-0154
Year of Manufacture: 2012
Pedigree/History: Bought new in 2012 for a non smoking studio. Very few hours of use.

CONSOLE TECHNICAL DETAILS:

Dimensions: 89" x 33" 18"
Cosmetic Condition Rating: 10
Working Order Rating: 10
Does Console Have Direct Outs: Yes
Direct outs transformer balanced: Yes

CONSOLE FEATURES:

Model # & Qty of Mic Pre/EQs: 48 x 212 mic pres
Model # & Qty of Compressors: 0
# of Aux Sends: 8
# of Busses: 8
Phantom Power: Yes
Brand of Automation: API automation on main 32 channel section
# of Speaker Selectors: 3

ACCESSORIES:

Brand & Type of Patchbay: Patchbay and cabling available. Call for details.
Is There a Stand: Yes
Is There a Producer's Desk: No

CONSOLE DOCUMENTATION:

Original Manual: Yes
Is Manual Complete: Yes
Includes Tech Report: Yes

The API 1608 is used in professional and project studios the world over, including Blackbird Studios in Nashville (who purchased the first one), and over a hundred others; from larger studios like Telefunken USA, Signature Sound, University of Michigan, and WAX Ltd... to smaller project studios like Dan Auerbach's Akron Analog and Steve Miller's home studio. What these venues all have in common is a desire for simplicity, flexibility, reliability, and analog warmth, and they all get it with their API rig.

Numerous albums have been made on a 1608, including the Foo Fighters latest #1 record "Wasting Light" -- tracked and mixed in Dave Grohl's garage on an API 1608.

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