Chandler Limited TG2-500 Pre Amp - EMI - Abbey Road Studios

TG2-500 Pre Amp

EMI Abbey Road Studios

The Chandler Limited TG2-500 pre-amp is a recreation of the rare EMI TG12428 pre amp used in EMI/Abbey Road Studios recording and mastering consoles from the late 60s and early 70s. The sound of the EMI/Abbey Road Studios equipment is world renowned, and imparts a unique and pleasing sonic character as heard on many famous recordings done at Abbey Road including The Beatles’ “Abbey Road” and Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side of the Moon” albums. For the first time ever, the legendary TG2 pre-amp sound is available in 500 Series format.

The TG2-500 microphone pre-amplifier features the same discrete, transformer-balanced amplifiers as Chandler Limited’s TG series: TG2 Pre Amp/DI, TG Microphone Cassette, TG12411 Channel (TG Channel MKII), and TG1 Limiter.

We’ve taken the microphone pre-amplifier and line amplifier from our highly acclaimed TG2 Pre Amp/DI and packaged it for the industry standard 500 Series format, while retaining the sound of Chandler Limited’s TG2 Pre Amp/DI. The aural quality has often been characterized as a creamy, smooth tone with a surprisingly open, clear top-end. The sound, as explained by many users, has "warmth" and punch, but with a "beautiful" expanded top end. In fact, the TG2-500 microphone preamplifier does have a small rise in its top-end frequency response and some warmth inducing distortion, which contributes to its sound.

Bring the sound of the Chandler Limited TG2-500 pre amp and EMI/Abbey Road Studios home to your 500 Series rack today.

Read more about the Chandler Limited TG2-500 pre amp in this press release.

Abbey Road Studios, EMI, REDD, RS and TG and their associated logos are trademarks of EMI (IP) Limited.

VIDEOS

HEARD ON

Brett Eldredge— “Sunday Drive” Album

REDD Microphone (Lead Vocals and Strings,) TG Microphone (Bass guitar,) TG2 Pre Amp/DI, TG2-500 Pre Amp (Snare drum,) TG12345 MKIV EQ (Piano,) LTD-1 EQ/Preamp, REDD.47 Mic Amplifier, RS124 Compressor (Acoustic guitars, Mandolins, and other acoustic instruments,) TG1 Limiter (Drum room,) TG12345 Curve Bender EQ (Mix Bus). Engineer/Mixer Ryan Hewitt

Courtney Love – “You Know My Name / Wedding Day”

TG2-500 Pre Amp (Bass Guitar), Germ 500 MKII Pre Amp (Bass Guitar), Curve Bender (Drums - Kick), Zener Limiter (Drums - RM), TG Channel MKII (Drums - OH, Guitars), GAV19T Guitar Amplifier (Guitars), Little Devil Pre Amp & Little Devil EQ (Guitars & GTR Synth DI) - Michael Beinhorn

SOUND SAMPLES

USERS

Ryan Hewitt

Producer, Mixer, Engineer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Avett Brothers, Blink-182, Tom Petty, The Lumineers, Bob Dylan)

Michael Wagener

( Mötley Crüe, Overkill, Accept, Great White, Poison, Alice Cooper, Extreme, Megadeth, Janet Jackson, Ozzy Osbourne, Dokken, Metallica, White Lion, Skid Row )

Abbey Road Studios

REDD Microphone, RS124 Compressor, REDD.47 Mic Amplifier, Curve Bender, Zener Limiter, TG1 Limiter, TG Microphone Cassette, TG2 Pre Amp/DI, TG Channel MKII, TG2-500 Pre Amp, Germanium Pre Amp/DI

TESTIMONIALS

Michael Wagener

"My TG2 now has a little brother, the TG2-500. I just L-O-V-E the Chandler sound. Thank you Wade for coming up with yet another awesome piece of gear to make my life easier."

REVIEWS

Chandler TG2-500 Pre-Amp Review
Chandler Limited TG2-500 Preamp

DOCUMENTS & DOWNLOADS

TG2-500 Pre Amp Recall Sheet

TG2-500 Pre Amp Manual

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Circuit Type EMI TG, Discrete, Transistor
Channels Mono
Max Gain +60 dB
Feature Set Coarse Gain: +20 — +50 dB (stepped, 5 dB)
Fine Gain: ±10 dB (continuous)
Input: Mic/Line, switchable
Input Impedance: 1200/300 Ω, switchable
Phantom Power: +48V, switchable
Phase (Polarity): 0/180º, switchable
I/O 500 Series format (frame dependent)
Power 500 Series format: +/-16V
Max. current draw: +16V @ +110mA / -16V @ -80mA
Chandler Limited, EMI, Abbey Road Studios