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

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…

14 years ago

The Tascam Series 40 tape machines of the 1980s

Download the complete twelve-page Tascam Series 40 catalog, c. 1984: DOWNLOAD: Tascam40series1984 Products covered, with extensive text, specs, and photos,…

14 years ago

Martin Electric Guitars of the late 1970s

Download the four-page c. 1979 Martin Electric Guitars catalog: DOWNLOAD: MartinElectricGuitars1979 Models covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Martin…

14 years ago

The Williamson Amp, part one

The original Williamson hi-fi amplifier schematic as published in "Wireless World" magazine (UK) May 1947.   The Williamson amplifier is…

14 years ago

UPDATED: The Very Early Magnecord SD-1 Wire Recorder

Courtesy of PS dot com reader H. Layer come these images of his Magnecord SD-1 wire recorder.  Magnecord ran a…

14 years ago

Low-Budget Ribbon Mic Listening Session

In several of my previous posts I have expressed my love for the humble Ribbon Microphone.  Ribbon mics were invented…

14 years ago

VALVE Magazine 1994-1999 Archived Online

Image Source (n.b.: clicking link will initiate PDF download) The Bottlehead Company is a long-running fixture of the DIY tube…

14 years ago

Christmas 2011

Despite the hectic nature of the holiday-season, I am inevitably able to produce one piece each year as a gift…

14 years ago

Sound Practices Zine Archive Available on CDR

I was checking out this bro's blog (or bros' blog? lots of chick pics) recently and I came across an…

14 years ago

Original EMI-modified Altec compressor on eBay: UPDATE

image source NOTE: the above unit eventually did sell on eBay for $35,000.  See below for scan... Here's something that…

14 years ago