olde worlde disco dave console

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   Well - a mate has a FAL Ranger in his small house and its taking wau too much space.

Seems to be in fairly good visual/cosmetic condition ..... comes with a mystery pair of speakers (at a guess some cheapie no-name 12" + piezo boxes)

I'm told it kind of works - thats about the sum of the technical info I have on it :-)

Anyone have any interest in restoring or doing something with it ? Located in Hackney, London.

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slaz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 27 November 2009 Location: London E2 Status: Offline Points: 2713	Post Options Post Reply Quote slaz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: olde worlde disco dave console Posted: 07 October 2022 at 6:29pm
	Well - a mate has a FAL Ranger in his small house and its taking wau too much space. Seems to be in fairly good visual/cosmetic condition ..... comes with a mystery pair of speakers (at a guess some cheapie no-name 12" + piezo boxes) I'm told it kind of works - thats about the sum of the technical info I have on it :-) Anyone have any interest in restoring or doing something with it ? Located in Hackney, London.
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slaz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 27 November 2009 Location: London E2 Status: Offline Points: 2713	Post Options Post Reply Quote slaz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 October 2022 at 12:58pm
	No interest at all ? I thought there were a few folk restoring these (or converting em into coffee tables etc.) ... Well - its in serious danger of heading skipwards ...
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Robbo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 05 December 2005 Location: Shropshire Status: Online Points: 4226	Post Options Post Reply Quote Robbo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 October 2022 at 1:56pm
	The skip is probably the best place for it---We bought a load of them for our stock for two shops when they first came out back in the 1970s and quickly realised that we had made a big mistake and after a period of not actually selling even one of them over a three month period, we sent them all back to FAL for a refund. They had absolutely nothing going for them as the components used were just cheap and nasty---From the sliders plastic shafts that were even broken off in our shop demo models to the turntables which were a total joke and please do not get me started on the built in FAL power amps which would regularly go bang on powering on. Sorry for all these negative points and if there were any positive things to mention then I would have but none available I am afraid.

madboffin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 03 July 2009 Location: Milton Keynes Status: Offline Points: 1538	Post Options Post Reply Quote madboffin Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 October 2022 at 3:37pm
	Sad to say, I agree. FAL (Futuristic Aids Ltd) was the rock bottom of MI gear and most of their stuff was horrible. These days it would be described as "entry level" - which means "steer well clear and get something better because you'll want to upgrade after using it once". I think the only person interested would be a collector of disco consoles, who might want it as an example of bottom-of-the-market equipment. But it's not worth anything. Edited by madboffin - 24 October 2022 at 3:38pm

slaz Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 27 November 2009 Location: London E2 Status: Offline Points: 2713	Post Options Post Reply Quote slaz Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 October 2022 at 7:06pm
	OK thanks for replies ... Well I'm not going to have any involvment with it then :-) TBH I thought it was likely a pile of doo-doo, but figured it should be mentioned in here.
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woody2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 04 March 2010 Status: Offline Points: 1726	Post Options Post Reply Quote woody2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2022 at 12:35am
	Worth a few hundred quid on ebay.

James Tengo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 09 May 2008 Location: Brighton Status: Offline Points: 2155	Post Options Post Reply Quote James Tengo Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2022 at 5:00am
	Well at least chuck it on there and see how it does… I’d be amazed if it got over £50 though. People don’t seem to be spending much at the moment, most promoters reps report ticket sales are down. When people have to choose between heating and food, entertainment and items like this take a back seat

colint Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Old Croc Joined: 06 October 2007 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5227	Post Options Post Reply Quote colint Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 26 October 2022 at 10:11pm
	You may have some luck with it in this group, some people collect these consoles, apply to join and I'll set you in (I'm a mod in the group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/olddjgear
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