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The Seventies

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

12 years ago

PAiA : Synth DIY circa late 70’s

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

12 years ago

Concept 1 Delta Guitar Amplifer circa 1974

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

12 years ago

DOD Effects Pedals Circa 1980

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

12 years ago

The Introduction Of The 4-Track

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…

12 years ago

When Hi Fi was a hobby, not an industry

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…

12 years ago

Ibanez Guitars of the early 1980s part 1

When I was learning to play the guitar in suburban CT in the late 80s, the name Ibanez was pretty…

12 years ago

Ladies of Psychedelic Folk, take 2

Daion guitars were built in the Japan in the late 70s/early 80s.  I believe that the model depicted here is…

12 years ago

1981: Battle of the ’55s

1981: Korg and Roland both release prosumer drum machines designated 55.  The KORG KR-55 is a non-programmable drum machine with…

12 years ago

Sex Sex Sex Sex (guitar accessories)

No explanation necessary I manage to do a fair amount of business selling bespoke microphone preamps, filters, amplifiers, etc; but…

12 years ago