API 3232 Vintage Console (Used)

For sale is a vintage API 3232 console. Manufactured in 1978, this console has lived through decades of platinum recordings including: Supertramp, Bette Midler, John Mellencamp, Ben Folds, The Fray, and many others.  Originally from Ocean Way/Record One, MGM, Echo Park Studios. This desk was serviced in the Summer of 2013, and is in great working condition with minimal cosmetic flaws.

Dimensions:

• Width: 97"
• Depth: 40"
• Height: 41"

Console Features:

• 32x Original 536 Input modules
• 4x  Original E536 Echo Return modules
• 31x Original Vintage 550a EQ modules (2x 2520 Op Amps) - includes one run of 16 and a second run of 10 consecutive serial numbers!
• 1x  Matching 550A1 (single 2520 Op Amp)
• 4x  Original 554 Parametric EQ modules
• 2x  Original 525 Compressors
• 2x  Matching 525 Compressors added later
• 4x  E/S plus 2 cue sends on each input module
• 16  Multitrack busses, stereo and mono
• Three speaker selectors (post factory mod)
• Phantom Power
• 32 Lines in at mix
• 4 FX return modules
• Transformer balanced direct outputs from every module

Accessories:

• Original API patch bay, as well as another external bay for mic level patching.
• Quantity of Patchbay(s): 12 rows x 36 positions internal, and 4 rows by 24 positions for external line patching.
• Producer's desk
• Stand was part of the original construction
• Original complete manual
• Documentation for modifications

Modifications:

• "Level" control to busses in center of pan pot hard bypassed on every module
• Radio shack PZM added as better CR TB mic
• Multiple external stereo PB selections added to CR monitor options
• 3 CR speaker destinations

Cosmetic/Sonic Flaws:

• Black paint has worn away around center speaker level
• Some knob centers are missing minimal amounts of paint
• Minor chipping to non-obvious pieces of the formica legs

Spare parts included:

• 830 TB control module
• 827 Cue master module
• Grain of wheat lamp strips for 440 faders
• Extra 440 faders (extra cost)
• 650A PS module
• Various panel metal work
• VU meters (extra cost)
• Duplicate set of complete original drawings
• Metal escutcheon plates for 1/2 width bus faders
• D/L connectors and pins

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