SergeModular

My Serge panel built in 1994 by STS is gold colored. I acquired it
used.

Are the new rack mount boxes too deep to put in an SKB popup case?

John Loffink
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: benvehorn [mailto:ben@...]
> Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 2:59 PM
> To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SergeModular] Re: Serge faceplate vintage?
>
> Hi all, I'm new to the list.
> I don't really know the full answer to this, but I have panels from
> several eras so I'll describe the ones that I have that look
> different.
>
> 1) 4 panels, appear to be from kit since the faceplates are made from
> paper covered in plastic. I've been poking around in this list's
> archives and file sections and cannot find any that look identical.
> The photos of early paper-covered panels appear to have a module-by-
> module, cut-and-paste look to them. My panels have a single sheet of
> paper covering the whole face and all the graphics are hand-written;
> it looks like someone just drew a picture of the faceplate on a
> 19"x4U piece of paper. Maybe the kit builder just decided this would
> look better? He signed each panel and his name appears to be "Jim
> Ewing". Do any of the old-time Sergers on the list know him? It
> appears to be built very well and he has the drawing skills of an
> architect. One of the panels is a TKB which, of course, has the stock
> faceplate. The power supply is built into the TKB and all of the
> power connectors are routed through the modules (i.e. the power wires
> for panel 4 runs through panels 2 and 3), so they cannot be
> separated. Self-contained, but weird in the sense that you can't just
> pull one panel out.
> 2) 2 panels, believed to be early to mid nineties vintage. The metal
> faceplates on these are gold, not silver. The chassis for these are
> much shallower than the newer ones; about half as deep. Definitely
> modernish, but no STS stamps on lower-left of faceplate. Does anyone
> else have panels with gold faceplates? One of the panels has banana
> jacks down the sides, outside the modules. Not sure what they are for
> (obviously not mults!) and I'm afraid I might blow something up if I
> throw them in a signal path...I'm pretty sure the guy from which I
> bought them got them firsthand from Rex, so I should probably ask him
> sometime.
>
> I have some other panels that look mainly similar but have different
> depth chassis, etc. The 2 main things that I have noticed with these
> are that:
> ---The new panels I bought from Rex in 2000 have *much* deeper
> chassis than all the others.
> ---The only ones I have with STS logos on the lower left of the
> faceplate are these 2. All others (as recent as 96) have no STS logos.
>
> Hope this wasn't too long-winded. I'm interested in hearing if
> anybody knows anything about this "Jim Ewing" guy, as he obviously
> spent a lot of time just drawing up the faceplates for these panels.
> Thanks.
> ---Ben
>
>
>
> --- In SergeModular@y..., John Papiewski <johnp299792@a...> wrote:
> > Does anybody know how many variations the Serge faceplates have
> had, and
> > when they were done?
> >
> > There was the original Calarts batch (with a rubber-stamped horse?).
> > Then they went to the first production modules with the adhesive
> backed
> > paper & mylar. When did the first aluminum panels come in? I saw a
> > couple panels made of dark blue plastic - with early Serge filters,
> > phase shifters etc behind. Was this a one-off or a short production
> > run?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > John P.
>
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