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Some oddball Guitar Pedals of the 1980s

I've been buying and selling guitar effects pedals for a long time; I currently have maybe 60, and have probably…

11 years ago

Yu Brother, I <3 U

Above: best ad ever.  "Yu Brother" (what???) of Taiwan introduces their line of microphones and guitar effect pedals in 1981. …

11 years ago

1989: The Aspri Reverb is introduced. They are great + you should buy one.

Above: the 1989 advert that caught my attention I've said it many times, but pls let me re-iterate: as much…

11 years ago

Please someone explain this advert to me

I really can't figure this one out.  So there's a ghost who sings in a band.  He (she?) rides a…

11 years ago

‘Tude

Oh stop.  'Tude.  What is it, and why does it matter?  'Tude, which is, rather reflexively, a "bad-attitude"-driven abbreviation of…

11 years ago

October is 80’s Month At PS Dot Com

How y'all doing this fine day...  it is sunny+beautiful in Southern CT today, although between the 'federal government shutdown' and…

11 years ago

Check out this great website: ‘Retrothing dot com’

Above: "The Drumssette."  (Source) I was doing some research for our upcoming series of 80's-themed posts (since 'Speaker-weeks' seemed to…

11 years ago

The KEF Model 105 Hi Fi Speaker c. 1979

Download a rather lengthy brochure introducing the KEF model 105 Hi-Fi speaker system: DOWNLOAD: KEF_105_speakers

11 years ago

Live DJ Set / Tonight Wed 9.18 / FIREHOUSE 12 New Haven CT

Sway + Sanchez return tonight to Firehouse 12, 45 Crown ST, New Haven CT, for 4 hours of lost LP…

11 years ago

The Studer 169 Portable Audio Mixer c. 1980

Got a pretty good one for y'all today... download the complete 12pp catalog for the Studer 169 Portable Audio Mixer:…

11 years ago