GOLY Porter Grinder EQ
GOLY Porter Grinder EQ (OG Model with 23 Stepped Blore-Edwards Resistor Switches)
Boutique, stepped, and stubbornly analogue
The GOLY Porter Grinder in our rack is an original-generation unit with 23 stepped Blore-Edwards resistor switches — the same switch stock used in the most revered mastering equalisers ever built. Nothing about it is convenient. Everything about it is repeatable.
The sound
Where the Stam is a scalpel and the Manley is a paintbrush, the Porter Grinder is a press. Boosts have weight and density; cuts feel like something was removed from the room rather than filtered from the signal. It is our choice when a master needs authority in the 100–250 Hz region without turning muddy.
Why stepped switches matter
A Blore-Edwards switch means channel-to-channel matching is measured in fractions of a decibel, and a setting written down today can be dialled back in identically next year. For album work and for revision requests months later, that is not a luxury.
Hardware info
Hand-built in tiny numbers with switch banks that cost more than most complete outboard units, the Porter Grinder is one of the rarest pieces in the building.
Hear it on your record
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This chain is available on every stereo and stem master we deliver from Manchester.