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[Mike Caldwell]

Lexicon PCM 60, Symetrix SX201 parametric, Various mics from the 70's and 80's like EV RE's and PL's, Sennheiser 421, 441, 409.

[Gary Weller]

Peavey CS400 from 1981, still being used for 2 practice room wedges. Yamaha REV5 with remote. An 80's SM58. Two Carver PM1200's running 4 monitor mixes four to 8 times a month. And one of the old Yamaha boat anchor 27 band mono EQ's. Think it still works fine, but weighs a ton.

[Greg_Cameron]

The JBL 2" compression drivers in my Rat Trap 5 boxes are JBL 2440 & 2441s. I believe the 2440 dates back to the mid to late 70s with the 2441 back to the early 80s. Same drivers really that just shipped with a different stock diaphragm. I used the Radian replacements so it doesn't really matter.

[brian maddox]

And one of the old Yamaha boat anchor 27 band mono EQ's. Think it still works fine, but weighs a ton.

that'd be the venerable Q1027.  it'll make sound forever.  but don't ever do any SMAART measurements on it.  it will make you very sad...

[Tim McCulloch]

We have JBL E-series speakers in some Ohmbrew wedges.  They came from Charlie Daniels or Marshall Tucker as "ready to recone."  The "youngest" one is 30 years old.  I think we're soon selling the speakers and recycling the plywood.  We've got our "pSeudo-4" speakers that date back to the Garth Brooks era and they go out on the rodeos and lower budget gigs.  Lots of Crest *001 to power them, too.

Personally, in my old FX rack I have a PCM-60 (v1) and LXP-15 (v1.1), and an ADA Stereo Tapped Delay that I haven't listened to in years (it's analog!).

The oldest and most frequently used items, though, are in my microphone collection.

[eric wong]

Ashly XR2001 analog crossover. It's been with me since my first PA system from 1995 or so when I was in high school. Of course it doesn't do the digital stuff of today's gear but for my needs it works great.

I also have a Crown MA5000VZ I got about 10 years ago, it's probably every bit of 20 years old but still kicking.

[Chuck Fudge]

BGW 250, 500, and 750's.

[John Onsrud]

It took some head scratching, but I think I remember now:  A JBL 2441 driver in the top of my drum monitor.

I had a racked pair of dbx 160VUs that had a long run too, but they were quickly "retired" when a guy in Florida offered me $1200 cash for it.

Not used to make $ in many years, but the first "pro" amp I ever bought, a Crown DC300 (Bakelite knobs and the fusepanel-coverplate on front, s.n. A808) is in my son's bedroom driving a pair of Large Advent Walnuts.  I bought it (beat-up and not working) from Jack Bouchard, the "caretaker" of Dickey Betts' Love Valley, NC cabin, around 1980, for 150 bucks.  He said It had been pulled from a monitor rig when it died.  A trip back to Crown brought it back to life for another $145 or so, and it's still thumping strong.

[Ned Ward]

'65 Bandmaster and Showman Fender amps, although I bought them in this decade.
'57 and '58 I bought back in '86 for my college band, still working great. Still also have the sweet blue and green electrical tape on them to tell them apart.
I have a circa-1981 Rat Shack PZM mic that I used to use for recording drums on a 4-track cassette machine back in the 90's... hang it on the wall in the bar behind the drums, and mix the SM58 vocal mics to taste.

[Russ Davis]

QSC 3500 & 3800 amps. Several amps have an inspected by sticker inside with a november 1982 date stamped on it.

+1 on the QSC.  I have a 3500 I use for SOS gigs where I don't want any fan noise (passive cooling can be a good thing).  Previous owner: Jimmie Swaggart Ministries.

From 1980: Shure PE588, for when I need a good Hi-Z mic without messing with impedance transformers.  Sounds great after all these years.

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