Altec Public-Address in the Seventies

12 years ago

Above: this one caught me by surprise.  Neil Young endorses Altec PA kit in 1971.  We see the Altec 1210A…

Baby it’s the Guitar Dude

12 years ago

1971: Ovation instruments of New Hartford CT releases "the Guitar Dude," a 100-watt 2x15 guitar amp. 1972: Bread, the band…

Boxxes of Foxx(es)

12 years ago

Above: a scan of the 1974 fOXX catalog: we see the O.D. Machine, the Loud Machine, the Fuzz & Wa…

Heil in the Seventies

12 years ago

From Wikipedia: "Bob Heil (October 5, 1940) is...most well known for creating the template for modern rock sound systems. He…

The Seventies

12 years ago

For the next two weeks at PS dot com: we'll be taking an extended journey through the 1970s.  I was…

PAiA : Synth DIY circa late 70’s

12 years ago

From the pages of various musician' mags of the late 70s: The Collected Works of the PAiA Electronics marketing department. …

Concept 1 Delta Guitar Amplifer circa 1974

12 years ago

I stumbled across a 40yo advert for a guitar amplifier that I had never heard of: the 300-watt Concept 1…

DOD Effects Pedals Circa 1980

12 years ago

DOD.  The effects pedal brand that spanned the (original) MXR and BOSS eras, never having quite the cachet of either,…

The Introduction Of The 4-Track

12 years ago

1979.  Teac/TASCAM introduces the 144 Porta-Studio, the first four-track integrated tape machine/mixer.  The first 4-track.  A truly revolutionary product for…

When Hi Fi was a hobby, not an industry

12 years ago

Download a four-page article from High Fidelity, 1966, on the subject of 'early hi-fi': DOWNLOAD: High_Fidelity-6604-How_It_All_Began Thanks to TF for…