olde worlde disco dave console
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Topic: olde worlde disco dave console
Posted By: slaz
Subject: olde worlde disco dave console
Date Posted: 07 October 2022 at 6:29pm
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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. ------------- REMEMBER....POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS SHOULD BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON |
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Posted By: slaz
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 12:58pm
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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 ... ------------- REMEMBER....POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS SHOULD BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON |
Posted By: Robbo
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 1:56pm
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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. |
Posted By: madboffin
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 3:37pm
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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.
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Posted By: slaz
Date Posted: 24 October 2022 at 7:06pm
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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. ------------- REMEMBER....POLITICIANS AND DIAPERS SHOULD BE CHANGED OFTEN AND FOR THE SAME REASON |
Posted By: woody2
Date Posted: 26 October 2022 at 12:35am
| Worth a few hundred quid on ebay. |
Posted By: James Tengo
Date 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 |
Posted By: colint
Date Posted: 26 October 2022 at 10:11pm
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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" rel="nofollow - https://www.facebook.com/groups/olddjgear ------------- Never criticise another man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Once you have, call him what you like, you're a mile away and you've got his shoes! |