"Acoustic"-brand Amplifiers advert c. 1978. What was I saying the other day about "stick a Porsche next to pretty much…
Above: many are familiar with "The Chiquita," the 'original (banana shaped/coloured) travel guitar'; less well-known is The Nomad 3X, a…
Above: the Ibanez AD202 c. 1981. A multimode analog delay with modulation section. I had one of these in maybe…
1985: The "Twang" by IC Sound, presumably an open-chord-tuned (or ocatve/5ths????) lap-steel with built-in fuzztone.
Combining a Rickenbacker-esque body shape and BC-Rich style electronics, these circa 1986 Vigiers are pretty interesting, unlike the staid 'super-strats'…
Above: The Gibson Victory MV-X model guitar c. 1982 Gibson Guitars had a tough time in the 1980s; starting the…
Nothing too heavy today, just some oddball 80's amps that crossed my plane of perception. Above: "Vibration Technology" (catchy!) of…
Today: a random display of offbeat bits from 1977 that caught my eye: a tiny homage to the wonder that…
As I mentioned on my Tumblr last year, I used the idle time during our annual Open Studios event to…
There is no reason to go on. I have found it. The all-time, ultimate, absolute pinnacle of guitar adverts. Clearly,…