The Aria Pro-II TS-500. It's a super-strat, it's a hippie sandwich, it's a mock BC Rich... Aria II was better…
Above: an Electra ad from 1979 which seems to be suggesting that by using their sound-effects controls incorporated into the…
The Emrad amplifier was designed to the needs of jazz-guitar great Johnny Smith. Handmade in a Colorado workshop, these 100-watt…
With the estate sale/ flea market season upon us, I thought it might be an interesting experiment to try a…
Hondo II: the First Name In First Bands. Marketed as ideal beginner-instruments, Hondo II was the US brand name for…
For the next two weeks at PS dot com: we'll be taking an extended journey through the 1970s. I was…
DOD. The effects pedal brand that spanned the (original) MXR and BOSS eras, never having quite the cachet of either,…
Daion guitars were built in the Japan in the late 70s/early 80s. I believe that the model depicted here is…
Flipping through some circa 1960AES journals I came across this pair: The Scott 140B preamplifier and 250B fifty-watt power amp. …
Above: From DOWNBEAT magazine 1966: Bassist Ben Tucker discusses his home hi-fi system. Tucker played with a real who's-who of…