Electronic Drum Trends of the 1980s

13 years ago

Legendary pop/RnB session drummer Bernard Purdie was apparently the distributor (!) of the MPC line of electronic drums.  Purdie is…

Meridan, Mississippi 1973

13 years ago

Download the twenty-four page 1973 Peavey Electronic Sound Equipment catalog: DOWNLOAD: Peavey_1973_catalog Products covered in this catalog include: Peavey Musician…

Kay Electric Guitars c. 1968

13 years ago

Chicks go wild (in my mind) Goddamn I am playing this bass real fast My mom didn't like her, but…

Mono Pilot Hi-Fi Console System circa 1955

13 years ago

From PS Dot Com reader C. McColm come these images of his original circa 1955 Pilot mono hi-fi system.  I…

Multi-use vacuum-tube audio mixer circa 1960

13 years ago

Download a three-page article from Electronics World "Hi Fi Annual & Audio Handbook 1960" which details the construction of a…

Magnecord Tape Machine from Film Sound Studio circa 1955

13 years ago

Trolling eBay today in the wake of 'tropical storm' irene...   came across this very serious-looking gentleman at-work with a pretty…

Not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer.

13 years ago

There's a chance that Gold Coast Recorders will soon have a Crumar DS-2 in our synth collection/pile;  researching this Italo-Moog…

Out-of-Print-Book-Report: “The Guitars Friend” 1977

13 years ago

Download a thirteen-page excerpt from "The Guitars Friend" (no author credited), Quick Fox publishers, ISBN# 0-8256-3072-X: DOWNLOAD: GuitarsFriend_Elec   Billed…

Takin’ em to Church (with Altec)

13 years ago

Download the eight-page 1966 brochure "Altec Sound Systems for Houses of Worship": DOWNLOAD: Altec_Worship_1966 The text above is taken from…

Altec 438A – Modified for modern music production use

13 years ago

As we discussed in previous posts, the Altec 438A is an audio compressor designed in the late 1950s primarily for…