Monthly Archives: April 2012

Preservation Sound Dot Com is now on Tumblr

Posted on 04/30/2012 by chris

With the estate sale/ flea market season upon us, I thought it might be an interesting experiment to try a Tumblr account. I’ll be posting images, sounds, and videos of the various audio-historical related flotsam that I happen upon across … Continue reading →

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Hondo II guitars circa 1980

Posted on 04/30/2012 by chris

Hondo II: the First Name In First Bands.   Marketed as ideal beginner-instruments, Hondo II was the US brand name for Japanese-made guitars built by the Korean Samick corporation.  Samick is among the world’s largest manufacturers of musical instruments, with much … Continue reading →

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Interesting Guitar Effects of the 1970s

Posted on 04/29/2012 by chris

Rowe-DeArmond offers a volume-pedal sized for funky, funky boots.  Today at PS dot com: some interesting odds n ends from the audio-effects pedal market of the 1970s.  If yr using any of these boxes in the studio or on stage … Continue reading →

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Ole’ Ibanez part 2: Lawsuit era and beyond

Posted on 04/27/2012 by chris

Above: The Ibanez Double Axe lineup circa 1974.  Bass/Guitar, 12 string/Guitar, and Guitar/Guitar models. Today as PS dot com: a few more interesting bits of Ibanez history.  Last week’s Ibanez-early-eighties post brought a tremendous number of new visitors to the … Continue reading →

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Altec Public-Address in the Seventies

Posted on 04/26/2012 by chris

Above: this one caught me by surprise.  Neil Young endorses Altec PA kit in 1971.  We see the Altec 1210A console and 1205A powered speakers.  Apparently Don Ellis and Merle Haggard were also endorsers at the time.  Today: some early … Continue reading →

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Baby it’s the Guitar Dude

Posted on 04/25/2012 by chris

1971: Ovation instruments of New Hartford CT releases “the Guitar Dude,” a 100-watt 2×15 guitar amp. 1972: Bread, the band that virtually invented lite-rock, releases the album and single ‘Guitar Man,’ one of the most melancholy songs ever written about … Continue reading →

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Boxxes of Foxx(es)

Posted on 04/24/2012 by chris

Above: a scan of the 1974 fOXX catalog: we see the O.D. Machine, the Loud Machine, the Fuzz & Wa & Volume, the Down Machine, the Clean Machine, etc… “Fuzz so thick it grew a coat.”  There’s no rule that … Continue reading →

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Heil in the Seventies

Posted on 04/23/2012 by chris

From Wikipedia: “Bob Heil (October 5, 1940) is…most well known for creating the template for modern rock sound systems. He founded the company Heil Sound in 1966,which went on to create unique touring sound systems for bands such as The … Continue reading →

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The Seventies

Posted on 04/23/2012 by chris

For the next two weeks at PS dot com: we’ll be taking an extended journey through the 1970s.  I was born in 1976, and according to a lot of very smart people, the early impressions that we experience become deeply … Continue reading →

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PAiA : Synth DIY circa late 70′s

Posted on 04/22/2012 by chris

From the pages of various musician’ mags of the late 70s: The Collected Works of the PAiA Electronics marketing department.  PAiA is, and has been for decades, the standard-bearer for good-quality kits for musical instruments and musical accessories.  I am … Continue reading →

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