For Sale: The Daniel Flickinger "The Association" Console: Custom built for the Association in the late 60s, this Flickinger console is one of a kind, and considering Daniel Flickinger only made roughly 22 consoles makes it a super rarity. Flickinger also made custom consoles for Sly Stone, Ike Turner (2), George Clinton, Paragon Studios, and Muscle Shoals, among others. They were quite pricey in their day, running between $85,000 and $200,000! That's in 1970's money, so they were no joke! This console was originally designed as The Association's live board. Some time in the 70s it was planted in a studio that they had. Producer/engineer/bassist David Vaught, who was playing bass with and recording them at the time, would run the studio. When this arrangement ended, David bought the console and moved it into his studio, Camp David, where it stayed for roughly 35 years. Vaught made countless records on this console including Primitive Radio Gods - Rocket, Toad The Wet Sprocket -Bread And Circus, Lone Justice - This World Is Not My Home, Jon Wayne – Texas Funeral, The Counting Crows - Recovering The Satellites, and Peter Case - Sings Like Hell. Vaught passed on in 2013, and the Flickinger was kept in storage until 2017 when I got it. There are a total of three sub master sections with a sub fader on each, for a total of nine mix submasters that can be configured into five main outputs, with patch points for all of these that have four Langevin equalizers. There are reverb and echo sends and returns for each sub group which allows six different effects to be used in mixdown mode. There are two cue mixes that have high and low-pass filters on them. The console is currently set up to provide sixteen inputs to recorder and four channels to monitor the DAW or monitor section, with six group outputs still available for combining. The 16 channel line outputs can be expanded to the full 20 with the addition of another four channels of distribution amplifiers. The wiring has already been done. This allows the operator to apply fader and eq directly. The channel buss assignment is done internally and can be reconfigured if necessary. The first eight channels are on group one, the next six are group two and the final six are group three. The Association Flickinger console operates on +- 24 volt power rails. Most modern consoles run on +- 18 volts. This gives the console a full +24 db headroom. All faders are Langevin Slide Wire type. They are very serviceable and the console comes with three spares. The console uses the Flickinger 535-2 amplifier cards located in the the meter bridge cabinets. All active electronics are in the meter cabinets. The control surfaces are all passive controls. The console has 20 channels of the very sought after Flickinger equalizers and preamps.
Modular construction so the whole system can be transported in a minivan or Volvo wagon. While not "restored" per se, I've had a tech go through it, clean it up, make sure everything's working, and fix what's not. Now it's ready to make more great music! Maybe yours? :) I can assist with shipping, but even making a rough estimate would be difficult without packing everything up and taking it to a shipping location, so buyer to pay actual shipping and handling costs. Local pick up encouraged.
Please ask any and all questions before buying. Due to age, sold as-is.
__________________________________________________________________________ My tech just sent me the following information: The popular trend of recapping old mixing boards is not the case here with this custom built Flickinger console. Daniel Flickinger came from a military background which explains why every component used in this board is of military specification.
Capacitors are working perfectly. Replacing them would be completely unnecessary. All capacitors used are Sealed Tantalum. The only electrolytic capacitors in the board are in the Lamda power supply and two 535 cards that were rebuilt. Those cards are in master output #5 and may never see any use. Just like in the case of class A Neves, the Tantalum capacitors are a major contributor to the sound of this board. These capacitors are also used in the decoupling stages unlike the Neves.
Here are the specifications of the Sprague Tantalex capacitors, now known as Vishay/Sprague 150D:
PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS: These high performance, hermetically-sealed TANTALEX capacitors have set the standard for solid-electrolyte tantalum capacitors for more than three decades • High capacitance, low DCL, low dissipation factor and exceptional operating stability • Performance and reliability have been proven in commercial, industrial and military applications • Available in four case codes and capacitors and are supplied with plastic-film insulation • Terminals are solid, tinned nickel wire leads • The military equivalent of the 150D is the M39003/01 (style CSR13) which is qualified to MIL-PRF-39003/1 Operating Temperature: -55 °C to +125 °C (above 85 °C, voltage derating is required) Capacitance Tolerance: at 120 Hz, +25 °C ± 20 %, ± 10 % standard. ± 5 % available as special Dissipation Factor: at 120 Hz, +25 °C DC Leakage Current (DCL Max.): at +25 °C: leakage current shall not exceed the values listed in the Standard Ratings table at +85 °C: leakage current shall not exceed 10 times the values listed in the Standard Ratings table at +125 °C: leakage shall not exceed 15 times the values listed in the Standard Ratings table Life Test: capacitors shall withstand rated DC voltage applied at +85 °C for 2000 h or derated DC voltage applied at +125 °C for 1000 h Following the life test: 1. DCL shall not exceed 125 % of the initial requirement 2. Dissipation factor shall meet the initial requirement 3. Change in capacitance shall not exceed ± 5 % FEATURES • Terminations: tin / lead (SnPb), 100 % tin (RoHS-compliant) •
