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Add Vibrato (?) To Any Tube Amp! (1962)

Posted on 07/26/2012 by chris

Download a short article from 1962 by one F.H. Calvert on the subject of adding a vibrato circuit to any vacuum-tube audio amplifier: DOWNLOAD: Vibrato Above, the schematics.  These are not plans for a stand-alone device: rather this circuit (the … Continue reading →

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Out-of-print Book Report: “Professional Rock And Roll” (1967)

Posted on 01/19/2012 by chris

Download a six-page excerpt regarding ‘the sound system’ from “Professional Rock And Roll” (Ed. Herbert Wise, Collier, 1967): DOWNLOAD: Professional_Rock_And_Roll_Excerpt Very much along the lines of “Electric Rock” (1971)  and “Starting Your Own Band” (1980), “Professional Rock And Roll” (h.f. … Continue reading →

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Martin Electric Guitars of the late 1970s

Posted on 01/10/2012 by chris

Download the four-page c. 1979 Martin Electric Guitars catalog: DOWNLOAD: MartinElectricGuitars1979 Models covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Martin E-18 electric guitar, EM-18 electric w/upgraded electronics, and EB-18 electric bass. The 1979 Martin EM-18 With their entry in the … Continue reading →

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Magnasync Moviola URS as a guitar amp – UPDATE

Posted on 04/07/2011 by chris

Magnasync/Moviola was a Los-Angeles based manufacturer of film editing equipment.  They did make a few audio products designed to support the large upright and flatbed Moviola film-editing machines which were their main products.   The most common of these audio-products is … Continue reading →

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