Guitar Equipment

Small And Hot (1978)

"Acoustic"-brand Amplifiers advert c. 1978.  What was I saying the other day about "stick a Porsche next to pretty much…

11 years ago

New Ideas In Guitaring Technology (1982) (via Hondo)

Above: many are familiar with "The Chiquita," the 'original (banana shaped/coloured) travel guitar'; less well-known is The Nomad 3X, a…

11 years ago

Ibanez Analog Guitar Effects of the early 80s

Above: the Ibanez AD202 c. 1981.  A multimode analog delay with modulation section.  I had one of these in maybe…

11 years ago

Want To Play The Guitar, But Don’t Have The Time Or Patience? (1985)

1985: The "Twang" by IC Sound, presumably an open-chord-tuned (or ocatve/5ths????) lap-steel with built-in fuzztone.

11 years ago

Vigier – Hi-End French Electric Guitars of the 80s

Combining a Rickenbacker-esque body shape and BC-Rich style electronics, these circa 1986 Vigiers are pretty interesting, unlike the staid 'super-strats'…

11 years ago

Gibson Guitars in the 80s

Above: The Gibson Victory MV-X model guitar c. 1982 Gibson Guitars had a tough time in the 1980s; starting the…

11 years ago

Some Weirdo Amps of The 80s

Nothing too heavy today, just some oddball 80's amps that crossed my plane of perception. Above: "Vibration Technology" (catchy!) of…

11 years ago

1977

Today: a random display of offbeat bits from 1977 that caught my eye: a tiny homage to the wonder that…

11 years ago

King-Vibe Amplifier

As I mentioned on my Tumblr last year, I used the idle time during our annual Open Studios event to…

12 years ago

That’s it. I’m done.

There is no reason to go on.  I have found it. The all-time, ultimate, absolute pinnacle of guitar adverts. Clearly,…

12 years ago