Publications

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

Selling Fender Kit In The Mid 1970s

Fender Stratocaster and Quad Reverb as characterized by Detroit-musician caricature 'Bumpwell Blues'; note Strat-as-phallus reference. The mid 1970s is the…

13 years ago

Unusual Techniques In Sound Recording (1950)

Download a four-page article from 'Radio Electronics' magazine 5/1950 entitled "Unusual Techniques In Sound Recording" (Richard H. Dorf): DOWNLOAD: Unusual_Techniques_Sound_Recording_Dorf_1950…

13 years ago

Out-of-Print-Book-Report: “The Guitars Friend” 1977

Download a thirteen-page excerpt from "The Guitars Friend" (no author credited), Quick Fox publishers, ISBN# 0-8256-3072-X: DOWNLOAD: GuitarsFriend_Elec   Billed…

13 years ago

QST Magazine in the 1940s

QST magazine is the monthly publication of the American Radio Relay league (h.f. ARRL).  ARRL has published QST since 1915.  …

13 years ago

Out-Of-Print-Book Report: “Electric Rock,” Richard Robinson 1971

"Electric Rock" (Pyramid Communications, 1971, 224pp) was written by Richard Robinson.  It's a small paperback volume, mainly text, which offers…

13 years ago

Magnecord Historical Archive Material: Part IV

This week we'll conclude our series of archival material courtesy of Magnecord founding partner John Boyers.  John's son D. graciously…

13 years ago

Out-of-print Book Report: “Starting Your Own Band” (1980)

Ah salad days. Making noise with some high-school bros and/or chicks maybe you were on the "wheels-of-steel" or maybe you…

13 years ago

Audio Engineering Magazine Part 2: Cover Images 1947, 1948

Today we'll look at some of the more interesting covers of Audio Engineering magazine from the first two years of…

13 years ago

Pro Audio in the 1940s: Audio Engineering Magazine, pt 1.

Over the next few days, we'll be taking a look at the latest-and-greatest in pro audio circa 194_, courtesy Audio…

13 years ago