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Title: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Doug Fowler on May 29, 2012, 03:00:01 PM
Photo courtesy of Bruce Jackson, provided by David Scheirman.
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Tim McCulloch on May 30, 2012, 01:48:34 PM
Quote from: Doug Fowler on May 29, 2012, 03:00:01 PM
Photo courtesy of Bruce Jackson, provided by David Scheirman.

I notice the upstage hang lacks a cable pick, so the whole platform tips a wee bit.
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Tom Burgess on October 02, 2012, 05:16:52 PM
Thanks to a buddy of mine who was there, I believe this venue is the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, OK.
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Riley Casey on October 03, 2012, 03:11:17 PM
Any idea what year this was?  Those look like JBL4560s with assorted JBL radial horns & bullets, very 1970s ish.
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Tom Burgess on October 03, 2012, 03:42:14 PM
Quote from: Riley Casey on October 03, 2012, 03:11:17 PM
Any idea what year this was?  Those look like JBL4560s with assorted JBL radial horns & bullets, very 1970s ish.
It was a 2 day gig...

"Presley performed in the metro area three more times: a May 29, 1976 show at the Myriad and a two-day stand on March 25 and 26, 1977 at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman."

http://blog.newsok.com/staticblog/2010/01/08/elvis-75/

Days like this you just gotta love the InnerWebs.  :)
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Jim McKeveny on February 01, 2013, 12:31:52 PM
Phase Linears & SAE's (?).
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Keith Broughton on February 02, 2013, 07:47:56 AM
Quote from: Tim McCulloch on May 30, 2012, 01:48:34 PM
I notice the upstage hang lacks a cable pick, so the whole platform tips a wee bit.

That is for "array steering"  ;D
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: gerd mόller on March 21, 2014, 02:36:02 PM
anybody hear this System in "Action"?
If you have more technical Details ?
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Dave Dermont on March 21, 2014, 03:18:32 PM
Quote from: coolozz on March 21, 2014, 02:36:02 PM
anybody hear this System in "Action"?
If you have more technical Details about Presley Sound Systems please E-Mail me [email protected]. ;D

Read the rules, fix your display name.

Thank you for your cooperation.
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Mike Caldwell on April 02, 2014, 06:38:48 PM
Quote from: Jim McKeveny on February 01, 2013, 12:31:52 PM
Phase Linears & SAE's (?).

From the big glowing VU meters on a black face I would say the amps are SAE. From a distance
the Phase Linears would look about the same only they had a gold face. I would say the rack to
the left is loaded with Phase Linears either turned off or the bulbs are burned out in the meters.
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Ivan Beaver on April 02, 2014, 07:25:21 PM
Quote from: Mike Caldwell on April 02, 2014, 06:38:48 PM
From a distance
the Phase Linears would look about the same only they had a gold face. I would say the rack to
the left is loaded with Phase Linears either turned off or the bulbs are burned out in the meters.
I have never seen a phase linear with a gold face.

I have only seen silver ones
Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Mike Caldwell on April 02, 2014, 08:11:19 PM
Quote from: Ivan Beaver on April 02, 2014, 07:25:21 PM
I have never seen a phase linear with a gold face.

I have only seen silver ones

We'll call it a shiny front!
I had one in the early 80's that at least in the right light had a we'll say goldish sheen to it. To refresh my memory I just looked up some 700b pictures most have a silver face and some have that goldish sheen I remembered.

I used it a while till I started getting afraid to turn it on and then sold it to buy a used PSA2.


Title: Re: Clair Bros. Audio – Hanging PA baskets for Elvis Presley
Post by: Ivan Beaver on April 03, 2014, 07:37:25 AM
Quote from: Mike Caldwell on April 02, 2014, 08:11:19 PM
We'll call it a shiny front!
I had one in the early 80's that at least in the right light had a we'll say goldish sheen to it. To refresh my memory I just looked up some 700b pictures most have a silver face and some have that goldish sheen I remembered.

I used it a while till I started getting afraid to turn it on and then sold it to buy a used PSA2.
I've just never seen the "goldish sheen".

All the ones I have owned and those in my current collection (200-400-700) all have silver faces.