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Star Instruments Synare Electronic Percussion c.1979

Disco-mania.  Behold an early electronic drum meant to compliment your acoustic kit.  The Synare 3.  This caught my eye mainly…

15 years ago

Bass c. ’70

Just a few random things today that caught my eye.  The Hagstrom 8-string bass pictured above with players Noel Redding,…

15 years ago

makin’ it

What is goin on here !? The May 1979 issue of DOWNBEAT magazine has a short article on the subject…

15 years ago

Ward Beck Console Preamps: History, Preservation, Listening Test

Tom Gruning with one of his Ward Beck 'lunchboxes' I came across Tom Gruning's work on eBay and I was…

15 years ago

Oddball dynamic mics of olden days

A quick review of some odd mics from the 'pile' that have not made it over to the studio yet. …

15 years ago

Magnasync Moviola URS as a guitar amp – UPDATE

Magnasync/Moviola was a Los-Angeles based manufacturer of film editing equipment.  They did make a few audio products designed to support…

15 years ago

Recent Custom-Build Stereo Amplifier (Home Use)

Above: a very minimal single-ended stereo amplifier with very low gain, designed to accept headphone-level input from an iPod or…

15 years ago

Lafayette Microphones of the 1960s

Do any of the Top-Quality mics in the above scan look familiar? I seem to see... an RCA BK-1A? ....a…

15 years ago

Complete Magnecord System on eBay

For all the PS dot com readers who have inquired about the Magnecord tube reel-to-reel machines that I have discussed…

15 years ago

Vintage Moogs in Deutscher Sprache

From the PS dot com archive/pile:  Download nine pages of German-language Mini Moog and Moog Sonic-Six catalogs from 1974. DOWNLOAD:…

15 years ago