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Interesting Guitar Effects of the 1970s
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
Boxxes of Foxx(es)
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
DOD Effects Pedals Circa 1980
DOD. The effects pedal brand that spanned the (original) MXR and BOSS eras, never having quite the cachet of either, but keepin’ on keepin’ on well into the 21st. They are solid products – I have owned many and nary … Continue reading
Circa ’75
Download a twenty-three-page excerpt of the 1975 catalog from Music Emporium of Bethesda, Maryland (h.f. ‘ME’): DOWNLOAD: Music_Emporium_1975_Catalog Products covered, with vague text, no specs (or prices), and moody photography/impressionistic illustration, include: 1975 Martin D-18, D-28, D-35, etc; Gibson Les … Continue reading
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Heathkit Rock-Band Hardware c. 1969
Download a five-page scan of the various guitar amps, guitars, effects, and other Rock-combo-flotsam available from Heathkit in 1969: DOWNLOAD: Heathkit_guitar_amps_1969 Products on offer include: Heathkit Starmaker TA-16 amplifier; AKG and Shure mics and Atlas stands; TA-27 guitar amp; Harmony … Continue reading
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Tagged effects pedals, guitar equipment, heathkit, organs
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