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Open Studio Event 2011

This coming weekend: November 12+13 2011: we will be having another Open Studio event at our arts building in historic…

13 years ago

A couple of recent guitar amplifier builds *Revised (2)*

Cassius #10; aka #10 in the the ongoing series of Fender Champ-derived guitar amps built into recycled 'found' vintage speaker…

13 years ago

Studio test of obscure circa 1965 Altec dynamic microphones

L to R: Shure SM57; Altec 684 Omni; Altec 682 Cardiod; Altec 683 Cardiod Altec made a great number of…

13 years ago

University Microphones circa 1963

Download the eleven-page University modular-microphones catalog circa 1963: DOWNLOAD: University_Microphones_1963 Models covered, with text, specs, and photos, include University model…

13 years ago

University Speakers Circa 1963

Download the complete 20pp 1963 University Speaker Systems catalog (in two parts due to file size) DOWNLOAD PART 1: University_1963_p1…

13 years ago

Stancor Amplifiers and Full Transformer Data c.1937

The Stancor '306' 6-watt PP audio amplifier Download the 1937 ('third edition') of Stancor Transformers' 'Amplimanual,' a 24pp publication which…

13 years ago

Microphones? Why would you ever use a microphone?

More seventies nonsense Shit, man, just record all that shit direct!  You don't need to mic it!   Naturally, a…

13 years ago

Most Tragic Bands of All Time, part 1.

Badfinger endorse the Connecticut-made Ovation acoustic/electric guitar What is it about Ovation guitars that repulses me so?  They don't sound…

13 years ago

PA systems of the Seventies

Gibson GPA-100 PA system circa '73 Seems like '100 watts' was the likely answer to all yr PA system needs…

13 years ago

Some 70s electronic oddities

The Computone Lyricon is an analog synthesizer with a wind controller interface.  The horn-controller responded to three input parameters: the…

13 years ago