A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

[Animal]

Studiomaster being the English company that normally makes mixers had a brief stint with making valve amps in the early 80's. Anyone played or heard a VLM before? Other than two HC reviews, this is the only information I could find:

http://www.studiomaster.com/hp3.html

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richandkris/kellycult/Studiomaster VLM/studiomaster.htm

They look like they're based on the Boogie Mark II/III series design. Anyone played or heard one of these things before?

 

[Animal]

Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

No one?

 

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Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

never. Wonder how they sound like

 

[kennyp54]

Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

Studiomaster being the English company that normally makes mixers had a brief stint with making valve amps in the early 80's. Anyone played or heard a VLM before? Other than two HC reviews, this is the only information I could find:

http://www.studiomaster.com/hp3.html

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richandkris/kellycult/Studiomaster VLM/studiomaster.htm

They look like they're based on the Boogie Mark II/III series design. Anyone played or heard one of these things before?

Yes I own one. Bought one of the first amps sold in the US. Really a fantastic amp. I've owned dozens of amps but this is one I would never sell.

 

[crusty philtrum]

Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

The links don't seem to work. Is this it ?

 

[crusty philtrum]

Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

Here's part 2 ... There's some interesting stuff in the comments below this one ...

 

[Animal]

Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

Haaaaaa......totally forgot about this.

I must have been expecting a response within 12 hours back in 2007. Can't even remember how found out about this amp. Perhaps there was one for sale locally on Ebay.

Funnily enough, around this time I owned a Mesa Quad Pre which is a hefty 3RU dual channel (Mark IIC & Mark III) preamp. Knobs and sliders galore. I've since moved on to a much more minimalist setup.

 

[crusty philtrum]

Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

Haaaaaa......totally forgot about this.

I must have been expecting a response within 12 hours back in 2007.

Hahaha, I never noticed that this was a ten-year-old thread, hahahaha. No wonder the links didn't work.

 

[Mark Cearlock]

Re: A rare and old oddidty: Studiomaster Valve Lead Master

Indy Sg has (or used to have) a pair of these iirc.. Not sure if John was using these in his time with the Yardbirds or not..