Category Archives: Icons

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

Posted on 07/28/2012 by chris

Tony Schwartz is a towering figure in the worlds of audio production, advertising, and media studies.  I recently came across a very obscure, AFAIK never-before-reproduced (feel free to prove me wrong here guys…) profile on Schwartz from the July 1957 … Continue reading →

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Bill Putnam and United Recording, Hollywood CA

Posted on 02/26/2012 by chris

Wow what a titan Bill Putnam was.  Not only did the man create some of the greatest audio equipment ever made, equipment that is still coveted and used on major records some 50 years after it was introduced, he also … Continue reading →

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Meridan, Mississippi 1973

Posted on 09/02/2011 by chris

Download the twenty-four page 1973 Peavey Electronic Sound Equipment catalog: DOWNLOAD: Peavey_1973_catalog Products covered in this catalog include: Peavey Musician amplifier head; Peavey Bass amplifier head; Peavey F-800G and F-800B ‘festival’ high-power amplifier heads; VTA-400 tube amplifier head (with 4x … Continue reading →

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ICON: Kustom Instrument Amplifiers: 150, 250, 500 series

Posted on 01/28/2011 by chris

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 Kustom amps, with their ‘tuck and roll’ sparkle-Naugahyde upholstery covering, are a true icon of the rocknroll amplifier.  Bud Ross … Continue reading →

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BOSS guitar effects and associated audio products 1984

Posted on 12/26/2010 by chris

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, include: Boss DD-2 digital delay, HM-2 heavy metal, CE-3 and CE-2 chorus, BF-2 flanger, CS-2 Compression Sustainer, DM-2 (analog) delay, … Continue reading →

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ICON: Marshall Amplification

Posted on 11/12/2010 by chris

What greater visual icon for the mythic virility and power of the circa-1970 Rock-Star than the “Marshall Stack?” (web source) (web source) (web source) Jim Marshall was a drum-shop keeper in London in the mid-60′s who began cloning the 1959 … Continue reading →

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DESIGN ICON: MXR audio effects in the 1970s

Posted on 11/11/2010 by chris

MXR Innovations began making their first product, the Phase 90 phase-shift pedal, in the early 1970s. (web source) Phase-shift is an audio effect which adds a gentle ‘swirl-y’ motion to a sound.   The sound of a clean electric guitar picking … Continue reading →

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

Posted on 10/25/2010 by admin

Listen to this audio. Gtr_Amp_Close_up You don’t need me to tell you that this is the sound of an electric guitar playing through a guitar amp (speaker).  You would believe me if I told you this was what you were … Continue reading →

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Neve 8108 Recording Console

Posted on 10/23/2010 by admin

Neve is a British company which was, for many years, the preeminent manufacturer of high-end audio mixing consoles.  Until Solid State Logic (SSL) came along, Neve was the ‘Rolls Royce’ of mixing boards.  They were (are) terrifically expensive, but the … Continue reading →

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Mobile Personal Space

Posted on 09/29/2010 by admin

Finally got my act together. Moving to California. Got the van hooked up.   Custom Curtains. Chose the perfect window-shape to tell what I’m about… But most importantly- got the sound going. Found this company that made the sound system for … Continue reading →

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