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The Future Of Audio (1962 edition)

In May of 1962 "AUDIO" magazine celebrated its 15th anniversary.  IIRC, AUDIO was the more consumer-facing half of what had…

8 years ago

Young James Jamerson is looking pretty tuff in 1958

Three years before he would buy his first electric bass, and then go on to pretty much define the vocabulary…

11 years ago

Rare Tony Schwartz Interview/Profile From “Better Listening Through Hi-Fi” July 1957

Tony Schwartz is a towering figure in the worlds of audio production, advertising, and media studies.  I recently came across…

12 years ago

Bill Putnam and United Recording, Hollywood CA

Wow what a titan Bill Putnam was.  Not only did the man create some of the greatest audio equipment ever…

13 years ago

Meridan, Mississippi 1973

Download the twenty-four page 1973 Peavey Electronic Sound Equipment catalog: DOWNLOAD: Peavey_1973_catalog Products covered in this catalog include: Peavey Musician…

13 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

BOSS guitar effects and associated audio products 1984

Download the entire twenty-four-page 1984 BOSS full-line catalog (7.3 MB file). DOWNLOAD: Boss_Full_product_Line_1984 Products covered, with full specs and photos,…

14 years ago

ICON: Marshall Amplification

What greater visual icon for the mythic virility and power of the circa-1970 Rock-Star than the "Marshall Stack?" (web source)…

14 years ago

DESIGN ICON: MXR audio effects in the 1970s

MXR Innovations began making their first product, the Phase 90 phase-shift pedal, in the early 1970s. (web source) Phase-shift is…

14 years ago

Spring Reverb Defines a Mythic Space Where The Legends of Rock Live

Listen to this audio. Gtr_Amp_Close_up You don't need me to tell you that this is the sound of an electric…

14 years ago