HH was one of the earliest UK-makers of solid-state sound-reinforcement kit. They were bought-out by Laney many years back. Read all about ’em here! BTW, these look very very similar to Farfisa’s 1970s line of PA and instrument amps. Is there a connection?
Also this: (70’s users of this kit). Amazing.
And WTF. ultimate high-school dance via HH kit. good lord.
BC Rich Bich advert 1979. Just in case you weren’t sure what the shape of the instrument is intended to mimic.
Doing some PD dot com housecleaning today and I came across all of these lil’ orphan-ads for random bits of circa ’80 guitar technology. Happy Friday.
Joe Perry promotes Bill Lawrence pickups circa 1981. This would have been during the JOE PERRY PROJECT era. I have never heard passive pickups with more output than Bills.
Not so much an electric-guitar ad but rather an anti-electric guitar ad. Guild Dreadnought circa 1980.
Hohner electric guitars circa 1979. I am guessing that these are Asian-made instruments but I can’t say for sure… that Epiphone-Wilshire-esque thing on the left is pretty intriguing…
Ovation Deacon…
…and Viper circa 1979.
Gibson RD, ES, and Les Paul ‘Artist’ lineup of 1979. These instruments had active electronics, including an on-board compressor.