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howdy!
ok...so my friend's dad offered to give me his Shure Vocal master PA setup for free. .i've never heard of these, but i guess it was pretty common back in the old days. (i'm pretty sure it's discontinued). but anyway, i was checkin it out and it seems to be all tube and kinda looks more like an old guitar head than a PA.
what are you guys' opinions on these? i mean i'm guessing that the pre's in it would sound pretty bad-ass compared to the builtin pres in my Fast track Ultra (m-audio Octane)...correct?
i'm just lookin for a nice(r) vocal pre that would add some warmth and color to my vocals. -would this Shure vocal master do the trick?
what do ya think?
-jordan

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BobRogers Fri, 01/09/2009 - 07:27

Wow, that brings back the memories. We had one in one of my first bands in 1971. They weren't the best sounding things in the world if I remember correctly. But better than putting the vocals through a Fender Twin.

It is probably worth trying out to see how the pres sound. I might even go for some new tubes. But don't get your hopes too high. These are not all that uncommon, and if they were great recording pres I assume we'd have heard about it.

moonbaby Fri, 01/09/2009 - 09:29

WOW! I used to actually USE one of those rigs...we even had the "slave amp" and half-sized monitors added to one of our rigs!
Down here in GATOR COUNTRY that was a popular PA rig for a LOT of performers. Shoot, Skynyrd used to have a Vocalmaster pushing a pair of E-V Eliminators. BTW, Bob, they also used Fender Twins as their stage monitors!
Anyway, the poor Vocalmaster was pretty advanced for its' time. You could order a version with XLR inputs and low-Z transformers, or a cheaper model with 1/4" inputs. And there were these neat, color-coded rocker switches that kicked in "anti-feedback" circuits that cut the tone and volume of the system in half...WOW!!!
I used one of those with a pair of Altec A-7 Voice of the Theater monstrosities....I ruled the world with that rig!!!
Of course, I've kept it all these years, it makes a great boat anchor when I go fishin'...LOL!!!
P.S.: NO tubes in this baby. all silicone with 100 screamin' watts of RMS power!!!

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