Diggin

13 years ago

Picked up a few interesting pieces today.  Above, an Altec 660B microphone circa 1958.  I already had a 660A (same…

1971

13 years ago

Art dep't comp for a Wes Anderson film? Nope, it's the cover of the 1971 Heathkit catalog. Stumbled upon this,…

Audio Ephemera Alert

13 years ago

From the Boyers family archive: a charming mid-50's 8-sided Christmas Card celebrating the holiday season and the 'Magnecord Gang.'  The…

Genre-branded instruments

13 years ago

(Image Source) On eBay: a circa 1990 Casio Rap-1 'Rapman' synthesizer/child's-toy.  In its original box with original accessory-microphone; click here…

You’ll Want More Than One

13 years ago

US Marshall Amplifiers Print-ad circa 1979 An advertising executive told me a great story about Arm & Hammer Baking Soda…

Tape Editing Primer – part 2

13 years ago

The Alice 62/3B broadcast console circa 1977.  No relation to the subject of this article.... Following our earlier post of…

Misc Electric Guitar Bits circa 1980

13 years ago

BC Rich Bich advert 1979.  Just in case you weren't sure what the shape of the instrument is intended to…

Olmsted Quad Direct Input Amplifier (Quad DI)

13 years ago

Download the specs/user-guide for the Olmsted Quad DI: DOWNLOAD: Olmsted Quad Direct Inject Let's say that you have many vintage…

What do we get from the sound of a space?

13 years ago

Above: Mato (drums) and Jon (seated) during drum tracking.  Recognize the space?  If so, you are one of the 12…

Swiss Mix

13 years ago

I've always coveted these little Nagra BMII audio mixers and but I somehow resisted the urge to purchase one on…