Is that original Demeter or fake?

[xpraise]

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]



[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Is that original Demeter or fake? What Year could it be?

 

[billfitzmaurice]

It appears to be home made.

 

[David Jayne]

Could be a super early model. Send Demeter the pic? See what they say?

 

[PSPookie]

Could be a super early model. Send Demeter the pic? See what they say?

That makes entirely too much sense.

 

[nixdad]

It's real. This is how I remember the Demeter's to be back in the late 80's/early 90's. Fantastic sounding pre-amp.

 

[tom-g]

Looks similiar to the one on this page:

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

 

[fivestringdan]

Correct, home made by James Demeter!

It appears to be home made.

 

[JAUQO III-X]

Check this one out.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=734557&highlight=

 

[tombowlus]

Looks like a bona fide early model to me.

Here's my VTBP-201:

 

[Foz]

totally fake - I give ya fitty bucks and haul it off for ya

 

[svtb15]

That is the ORIGINAL DEMETER preamp.. its the real deal.. I had one exactly like it back in the mid 1980s from Demeter himself

[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]



[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Is that original Demeter or fake? What Year could it be?

 

[billfitzmaurice]

Correct, home made by James Demeter!

Entirely possible, everyone starts somewhere. But it could also be a copy.

 

[Low Class]

That is the ORIGINAL DEMETER preamp.. its the real deal.. I had one exactly like it back in the mid 1980s from Demeter himself

Ditto, I had one myself I bought in '81. It's real. It was voiced slightly different than the newer ones and sounded better IMO.

 

[xpraise]

Here is reply from Diane Demeter:

It is real, one of the really old ones


2 svtb15: there is one output on the left of the back side without any text. What is it used for?

 

[svtb15]

I dont remember. I sold it in 1989.
Some were sold Without the DI out.. Just a preamp.. The DI out was an option... Mine had the DI..
I also had the same stick on plastic labels on the back of mine as in teh photos... and the toggle switch on the front of the amp. push buttons came later on.

Here is reply from Diane Demeter:

It is real, one of the really old ones


2 svtb15: there is one output on the left of the back side without any text. What is it used for?

 

[NecroticImbecil]

Is that you that bid on it? $225 seems a steal. Only 19 hours to go...tempting. Big project at work tomorrow, but if it goes smoothly I just might be home in time to.. um.. see how it ends.

Heheheheh.

 

[svtb15]

Not me.. im trying get rid of stuff. I have waaaaaay too much stuff.

 

[JimmyM]

dymo labels are so quaint!