Shure Vocal Master pa

[badinage]

$80 is a good price if it works and you've got the ROOM for this stuff.

A nostalgic piece of functional retro-funky folk art. For $80 I'd buy a well-preserved fully-functional Vocalmaster as an eclectic decor feature.

 

[RSBBass]

I got one for free and gave it away. If you like the aesthetics, rather than mod it, use the chassis, and maybe the transformers to build a real guitar amp.

 

[Buster Brown]

I'm interested in picking up a Shure Vocal Master pa that has popped up on Facebook marketplace and wanted hear some thoughts on it. I know it's probably terrible for today's standards, but it looks awesome. Something out the design just really does it for me.

If the power section isn't terrible, I'd be interested into turning it into a versatile guitar amp. I think placing some amp in a box style circuits if front of each channel to give me several flavors of guitar amp would be great. That along with the in built spring reverb and effects loop would satisfied my very limited guitar amp needs

For those that have experience with the vocal masters, is it even worth fooling with? If the power section sounds bad and the insides are to hard to mess with, I'd probably be better off starting from scratch

My lord.....I remember the VM like it was yesterday. Seems like the first 5-6 bands I was in (back in the day) were VMs. Hell, my FIRST band used an old Bogen PA. Sounded like crap. So when I joined up with a "big time" band (playing High School dances...) I had hit the jack pot. I LOVE vintage gear so yeah, I wouldn't hesitate to grab it (if it's in decent shape of course!)

 

[crobasster]

You can't beat the sound of those vintage PA gear if you doin tribute band stuff, my band also does rehearsals on vintage equipment .

 

[Philonius]

You can't beat the sound of those vintage PA gear if you doin tribute band stuff, my band also does rehearsals on vintage equipment .

Yeah, I played in some silly Cowboy/Surf/Lounge band about ten years ago, and was pretty surprised when the two principals (guitar and vocals) bought one of those for the band's vocal PA; mostly because it looked so cool and vintage, of course. It worked well enough for the very small shows we did, and I never had to mess with, store, or transport it, so I was fine with it. 'Didn't sound too bad either.

 

[DJ Bebop]

Is that Conway Twitty?

Yes!

In other news...

Conway Twitty
This is one of two Conway Twitty' Shure Vocal Master towers that Freakfase has been using for years. if you can see the six cones behind the black mesh, they are dialed in as stereo ins, ( you literally choose what channel goes to what speaker based on the wire setting you can adjust inside ) They are great for vocals , and cut thru like butter...but thats about all I use em for, so I cant say they do much else.
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JAMESYBABY

https://www.pinterest.fr/freakfase_prese/

https://www.pinterest.fr/freakfase_prese/

 

[crobasster]

That radio is awsome !

 

[anderbass]

Our first PA was a pair of Altec Lansing 1207A Column's and a 4-channel tube powered Fender PA 135 head. Electric guitar sounded really good through that rig, I remember it's sounding very similar to the rhythm guitar track on the Beatles Come Together tune.

 

[Oren Hudson]

Yes!

In other news...

Conway Twitty
This is one of two Conway Twitty' Shure Vocal Master towers that Freakfase has been using for years. if you can see the six cones behind the black mesh, they are dialed in as stereo ins, ( you literally choose what channel goes to what speaker based on the wire setting you can adjust inside ) They are great for vocals , and cut thru like butter...but thats about all I use em for, so I cant say they do much else.
J
JAMESYBABY

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That is an awesome looking tower!

 

[Jared Houseman]

Well I went away to festival and it was gone when I got back. No vocal master for me but I'm glad I could bring up some old memories

 

[chadds]

There was a mint one in “Mad Men.” Gig in their apartment.