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Re: [ARSCLIST] John French (was RE: Ampex 456 - tip of the iceberg...chemistry)
The bulk of what I have had John do has been 2" heads of various
types... Always with good results.
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[mailto:ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rod Stephens
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 11:33 AM
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Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] John French (was RE: Ampex 456 - tip of the
iceberg...chemistry)
Hello,
Not that John French needs any more kudos, but my four track playback
head on my 1/4" Teac 2340R shows no sign of wear after having purchased
it at least five years ago; it's a better head than the original Teac
that came with the deck. So, thanks to Mr. French, reel to reel
analogue continues on and on and on ......... Mine was a very small
order, but John took the time to email me a few times about what he
could do and did.
Oh, and I think that John has done some special orders for my brother's
multitracks, too.
Rod Stephens
Steve Puntolillo wrote:
>Hi --
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>>At 09:36 PM 6/19/2006, Scott Phillips wrote:
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>>>I second that. John has never, ever disappointed me in the
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>>28 years I've
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>>>sent heads and/or stacks to him. They always were finished perfectly,
>>>and on time. None of it was 'custom' work, which might be different,
>>>still...
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>Not different at all!
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>Actually, John has done a lot of excellent custom work for us. Below is
>a link where (amongst lots of other tape machine restoration info)
>you'll find pictures and discussion regarding three out of several
>custom head assemblies. Just scroll down through the page as they are
>in three different sections.
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>Make sure you don't miss the custom 1" 4-track head assembly in the
>Ampex MR70 section. John totally outdid himself on that one.
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>http://www.sonicraft.com/a2dx/a2dx_tech.html
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>Best,
>
>-- Steve
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>Steve Puntolillo
>Sonicraft A2DX Lab - Ultimate A_nalog 2 D_igital X_fers
>http://www.sonicraft.com/a2dx
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