1963 Standel Model 840 Reverbalux 1st Version 1-Knob Tel Ray Adineko System Vintage Oil Can Tube Reverb Delay Effects Unit

– For your consideration is this incredibly rare 1963 Standel Model 840 Reverbalux vintage Adineko System oil cay delay unit: previously having belonged to Indigo Ranch studio.
– The Model 840 Reverbalux is the first independent tube delay effects unit offered by Standel. It features a single “Echo Volume” control with an effects bypass switch on the back panel. When engaged, the delay works and sounds great: when bypassed the tube preamp colors the signal in a very pleasant and harmonic way. The Model 840 is the predecessor to the Model 841 which features 3 controls on the face plate, though otherwise looks the same.
– This example is in very good original condition, though it is missing the 4 bottom glides and the original model/serial badge which was attached to the back panel.
– Indigo Ranch, nestled on 60-acres in the hills of Malibu, California, operated from 1974 until 2006, under the guidance and obsessions of Richard Kaplan. Clients took advantage of his meticulously built studio, hundreds of effects pedals, 400 guitar amps, and rare Aengus console. Artists as diverse as Neil Young, Neil Diamond, Olivia Newton John, Jeff Lorber, Korn, Sepultura, and Limp Bizkit all made albums at Indigo Ranch. Vice published an article on how Indigo became the “improbable birthplace of Nu-Metal,” and Tape-Op Magazine interviewed Richard Kaplan, Ross Robinson, and others about the numerous important albums made at Indigo Ranch over the many decades it actively changed the landscape of both music and culture. – GEARLORD