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Excellent Tape-Editing Primer c. 1976

Download a five-page article by Mortimer Goldberg as first published in DB magazine, 12/76: DOWNLOAD:dB-7612-CBS_Radio-Art_of_Tape_Editing Many thanks to T.F. for…

14 years ago

Pawnshop Classics: off-brand Japanese guitars of the late 70’s

The Aria Pro-II TS-500.  It's a super-strat, it's a hippie sandwich, it's a mock BC Rich...  Aria II was better…

14 years ago

The Travis Bean TB1000 of 1975

Most iconic of the 70's 'aluminum guitars,'  the Travis Bean line up continues to remain a valuable collector's item.  Famous…

14 years ago

Electra Guitars of the 1970s

Above: an Electra ad from 1979 which seems to be suggesting that by using their sound-effects controls incorporated into the…

14 years ago

Key Break

Man I love this image.  Yamaha YC Combo Organ advert circa 1971. "Organ Eyes.  It's what happens when you see…

14 years ago

The Obscure Emrad Guitar Amplifier circa 1971

The Emrad amplifier was designed to the needs of jazz-guitar great Johnny Smith.  Handmade in a Colorado workshop, these 100-watt…

14 years ago

Preservation Sound Dot Com is now on Tumblr

With the estate sale/ flea market season upon us, I thought it might be an interesting experiment to try a…

14 years ago

Hondo II guitars circa 1980

Hondo II: the First Name In First Bands.   Marketed as ideal beginner-instruments, Hondo II was the US brand name for…

14 years ago

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…

14 years ago

Ole’ Ibanez part 2: Lawsuit era and beyond

Above: The Ibanez Double Axe lineup circa 1974.  Bass/Guitar, 12 string/Guitar, and Guitar/Guitar models. Today as PS dot com: a…

14 years ago