REEL TO REEL PREAMP

AIWA: TP-1011 Reel to Reel Preamp

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AIWA TP 1011 Preamp vero layout v1a 95e16a344feb

The AIWA TP-1011 is the reel-to-reel tape preamp Richie Blackmore from Deep Purple used to drive his Marshall.  I’m not a huge Deep Purple fan, but I do like the sound of some of these old reel-to-reel preamps.  This layout is for the stock circuit running at 18v.  If I ever get around to breadboarding the … Read more

REVOX: A77 Input Amplifier Clean Boost, Overdrive / Light Fuzz

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REVOX A77 61f0fa4ffd0e

This is the input amplifier from a Revox A77 reel to reel (circa ~ 1967) – which also happens to be almost identical to the mic preamp in Trident A-Range mixing consoles from the early seventies. So far out of the preamps that I’ve been working on, which is the Neve, RCA and this, I’m … Read more