Guitar Equipment

Carvin Guitars, Amplifiers, and PA equipment: 1971 Catalog

Download the thirty-two page 1971 Carvin catalog, presented in the original glorious black-and-white (9.9M zipped file): DOWNLOAD: Carvin_1971_Catalog.pdf Dig the…

13 years ago

Carvin in the 1970s: Part 1

What If I told you that there was a US company that had been making good-quality electric guitars, PA equipment,…

13 years ago

Gibson Guitar Amplifers: 1966

Download a twelve-page scan of the entire guitar-amp line represented in Gibson's 1966 catalog: DOWNLOAD: Gibson_amps_1966 Models covered, with specs…

13 years ago

Heathkit Rock-Band Hardware c. 1969

Download a five-page scan of the various guitar amps, guitars, effects, and other Rock-combo-flotsam available from Heathkit in 1969: DOWNLOAD:…

13 years ago

Vintage Marshall Archive Material Part 2: 1974

Download the complete sixteen-page 1974 Marshall Amplification catalog: DOWNLOAD: Marshall_1974_Cat Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Marshall 1959,…

13 years ago

A Lost Fender Guitar Design – The ‘Acoustic-Electric’ of 1965

Looking through some old Fender Guitar Catalogs, I came across this unusual entry. Behold the Fender Acoustic-Electric as it appears…

14 years ago

Bass c. ’70

Just a few random things today that caught my eye.  The Hagstrom 8-string bass pictured above with players Noel Redding,…

14 years ago

Magnasync Moviola URS as a guitar amp – UPDATE

Magnasync/Moviola was a Los-Angeles based manufacturer of film editing equipment.  They did make a few audio products designed to support…

14 years ago

ICON: Kustom Instrument Amplifiers: 150, 250, 500 series

Download the twelve-page 1972 Kustom Electronics, INC catalog for their 150, 250, and 500-series guitar and bass amplifiers. DOWNLOAD: Kustom_150_250_500_Catalog…

14 years ago

SUNN amplifiers c. 1970

Download the ten-panel SUNN amplifiers 1970 catalog: DOWNLOAD: Sunn_Amps_1970_Catalog Models covered, with specs and photos, include: SUNN Dymos, Solarus, Sonaro,…

14 years ago