1971: Ovation instruments of New Hartford CT releases "the Guitar Dude," a 100-watt 2x15 guitar amp. 1972: Bread, the band…
Above: a scan of the 1974 fOXX catalog: we see the O.D. Machine, the Loud Machine, the Fuzz & Wa…
I stumbled across a 40yo advert for a guitar amplifier that I had never heard of: the 300-watt Concept 1…
DOD. The effects pedal brand that spanned the (original) MXR and BOSS eras, never having quite the cachet of either,…
When I was learning to play the guitar in suburban CT in the late 80s, the name Ibanez was pretty…
No explanation necessary I manage to do a fair amount of business selling bespoke microphone preamps, filters, amplifiers, etc; but…
Above: Tony Mottola with a Gibson ES -355 in 1966. Misc Fender guitars circa 1966: a Coronado 2, an acoustic…
Download the twenty-page 1956 Gibson Electric Guitars and Amplifiers Catalog: DOWNLOAD: Gibson_Elec_1956_cat Products covered, with text, specs, and photos, include:…
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…
Download the four-page c. 1979 Martin Electric Guitars catalog: DOWNLOAD: MartinElectricGuitars1979 Models covered, with text, specs, and photos, include: Martin…