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Misc Electric Guitar Bits circa 1980

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

12 years ago

Olmsted Quad Direct Input Amplifier (Quad DI)

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

12 years ago

What do we get from the sound of a space?

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

12 years ago

Swiss Mix

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

12 years ago

UPDATED: Link: Live Radio Interview Friday 5.11 8AM *** 89.5 WPKN Bridgeport

Tomorrow, 5.11.12, I'll be a guest on Del's "In Transition" show in the eight o'clock hour.  We'll be listening to…

12 years ago

Guitar Synths of the late 1970s

The 360 Systems 'Spectre' Today as PS dot com: a quick look at the then-new product-category of Guitar Synths circa…

12 years ago

Excellent Tape-Editing Primer c. 1976

Download a five-page article by Mortimer Goldberg as first published in DB magazine, 12/76: DOWNLOAD:dB-7612-CBS_Radio-Art_of_Tape_Editing Many thanks to T.F. for…

12 years ago

Pawnshop Classics: off-brand Japanese guitars of the late 70’s

The Aria Pro-II TS-500.  It's a super-strat, it's a hippie sandwich, it's a mock BC Rich...  Aria II was better…

12 years ago

The Travis Bean TB1000 of 1975

Most iconic of the 70's 'aluminum guitars,'  the Travis Bean line up continues to remain a valuable collector's item.  Famous…

12 years ago

Electra Guitars of the 1970s

Above: an Electra ad from 1979 which seems to be suggesting that by using their sound-effects controls incorporated into the…

12 years ago