Univox-branded Synth+Drums

13 years ago

Billy Preston with a Univox Compac-Piano Univox (brief company history here) was a US company that marketed a huge range…

Selling Fender Kit In The Mid 1970s

13 years ago

Fender Stratocaster and Quad Reverb as characterized by Detroit-musician caricature 'Bumpwell Blues'; note Strat-as-phallus reference. The mid 1970s is the…

Found Photos part 1

13 years ago

Preservation Sound found photo #1: unknown rock band circa 1968.  In this stage setup:Fender Precision bass; Blonde Bandmaster head with…

Sound From A Glass Box

13 years ago

This design project began with the goal of crafting an entire amplifier that echoed the form of a vacuum tube…

Helping you come to terms with the possibility of imminent demise

13 years ago

Download the 1965 and 1968 Altec 'Airport Sound Systems' brochures: DOWNLOAD 1965:Altec_Jet_age_sound_systems_1965 DOWNLOAD 1968: Altec_airport_sound_systems_196X What purpose can programmed sound…

Time (part one)

13 years ago

Have you ever entered a long-abandoned space; a time capsule? Not like a cave or a forest or a wood;…

1980 (via Music Emporium)

13 years ago

Download 25pp of excerpts from the 1980 'Music Emporium' mail-order catalog: synthesizers, keyboards; effects pedals; pro audio equipment: DOWNLOAD SYNTHS:Music_Emp_Keys_1980…

French Jazz Magazines circa 1960

13 years ago

Some highlights from "JAZZ" and JAZZ HOT," French-language jazz musician/enthusiast magazines circa 1960.  I can picture Michel thumbing thru these…

Circa ’75

13 years ago

Download a twenty-three-page excerpt of the 1975 catalog from Music Emporium of Bethesda, Maryland (h.f. 'ME'): DOWNLOAD: Music_Emporium_1975_Catalog Products covered,…

UPDATED: Schaller Guitar Amplifiers and Effects Units of the 1970s

13 years ago

Download the complete 1974 Schaller musical electronic catalog (with price-list) (in German): DOWNLOAD:Schaller_1974catalog Products covered, with text, specs, and photos,…