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INTRODUCTION
TG12345 Curve Bender
Thank you for purchasing the Chandler Limited TG12345
Curve Bender EQ, you now own a piece of EMI/Abbey
Road Studios official equipment.
Issued in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Abbey Road
Studios, and conceived by Chandler Limited’s Chief Designer
Wade Goeke, the Chandler Limited TG12345 Curve Bender
EQ is based on the vintage EMI TG12345 recording consoles
of the late ’60s and early ‘70s.
Chandler Limited’s TG12345 Curve Bender is a stereo/dual
mono tracking and mastering equalizer, featuring a greatly
expanded control-set over the original equipment. Chandler
Limited’s TG12345 Curve Bender EQ delivers the historic
TG sound with modern conveniences and greater flexibility.
Your Chandler Limited TG12345 Curve Bender EQ has been
carefully crafted and built by hand, at Chandler Limited in
Shell Rock IA, U.S.A., using through-hole components for the
ultimate analog experience.
At Chandler Limited we are proud of our American made
products and we hope you like them!
Please feel free to call our shop anytime for help or ques-
tions.
Phone: (319) 885-4200.
History
Conceived from meetings in 1967 between Abbey Road
and EMI’s Central Research Laboratories teams, the EMI
TG12345 MK.I, a solid-state germanium transistor-based
console was designed as replacement for the earlier valve
based EMI REDD desks.
The equalizer facilities of the revolutionary TG12345 desks,
though limited by modern standards were a large step for-
ward from the REDD console era.
Installed in Abbey Road’s Studio Two in November 1968 and
making its debut on an 8-track recording by the Shadows,
the transistorized desk marked a departure from the earlier
REDD valve consoles.
The EMI TG12345 MK.I desk helped shape the sound of the
Beatles’ final album, Abbey Road, which was markedly richer
sounding to that of the band’s earlier work.
EMI TG12345 consoles were used on everything from Pink
Floyd’s “The Dark Side of the Moon” and “Wish You Were
Here,” John Lennon’s “Plastic Ono Band,” George Harrison’s
“All Things Must Pass” to epic film scores including Raiders of
the Lost Ark.
EMI TG12345 consoles encountered many revisions through-
out the ‘70s and became the main recording console used at
the studios until 1983; TG consoles were never commercially
available to the public.
OFFICIAL
EQUIPMENT
