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Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Mark Hammer on May 28, 2004, 01:40:07 PM
....that Sgt. Pepper used this gear to play.

I just posted a playful file over at http://hammer.ampage.org

I stumbled upon an old issue of "Downbeat" magazine from June of 1969 recently, and got a chuckle out of the ads, most of them for amplifiers.  I figured I'd scan and post them.  How proud Fender was of those solid-state units!  How loudly Kustom proclaimed the virtues of tantalum capacitors!  There was power in them flowers, baby!!

Included in the largish (2.9M) zipfile is an ad from that issue which is one of the earliest Electro-Harmonix ads I have in my possession.  I seem to recall earlier sparser ads than this one, but most of you have probably never seen ads (and prices!) from that era.  An LPB-1 listed for $14.95.

A trip back in time.  Nice cover shot of Mike Bloomfield too.

Enjoy.
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Doug H on May 28, 2004, 01:58:53 PM
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Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Mark Hammer on May 28, 2004, 03:25:51 PM
Yeesh!!! You are correct.  Not sure what happened, since all the other files load nicely.  I'll look into it.
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Mark Hammer on May 28, 2004, 04:42:51 PM
FIXED!!
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Peter Snowberg on May 28, 2004, 05:08:24 PM
That's totally groovey Mark! :D

Thanks for posting it! 8)

Take care,
-Peter
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Hal on May 28, 2004, 05:22:29 PM
cool!

Look at the fender one...I love how they boast "Sold State" as a feature!  So great!
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: BILLYL on May 28, 2004, 07:52:21 PM
Really Great!!!!!!
I didn't know that there was a LAWRENCE amp with a Life time warranty -

COOL


BILL LAWRENCE
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Fret Wire on May 28, 2004, 08:02:48 PM
Quote from: BILLYLCOOL


BILL LAWRENCE

Are you the Bill Lawrence? If so, nice to meet you 8) I've read your posts, and always found them to be very informative. Here's an official welcome from me :D  (I'm nobody lol) Never too old to be a little star struck, lol.

BTW, Brian Wenz, you could tell me Lord Sutch and Ritchie Blackmore stories all day, and I'd never get tired 8)

Pete
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: DaveTV on May 28, 2004, 08:25:30 PM
Shhhh....I'm busy digging on the big Ace Tone catalog...mindblowing! Say, could anybody tout me on where to find the nearest Ace Tone dealer?

Yeah, man! Send me a catalog while I'm still picking up on the colors!
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: Doug H on May 28, 2004, 09:45:30 PM
Great stuff, Mark.

I especially love "The Exterminator".

250 watts of "screaming treble that is almost unreal".

Man, I need one of those! :D

Doug
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: RDV on May 29, 2004, 12:05:36 AM
I've played through one of those Standel amps. They were one of the better SS amps out there.

Regards

RDV
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: snorky on May 29, 2004, 03:19:44 AM
What model Hofner is that guitar in the Ace Tone catalog??

Thanks for posting those!  :-)

- Mark
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: RDV on May 29, 2004, 03:35:04 AM
Quote from: snorkyWhat model Hofner is that guitar in the Ace Tone catalog??
This one maybe?

1961 HOFNER V3 SOLID GUITAR
(http://users.argonet.co.uk/users/steverussell/v31.gif)

Regards

RDV
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: snorky on May 29, 2004, 03:48:02 AM
That's close, but the ad guitar has 3 tuners/side.
Title: Hofner V3
Post by: StephenGiles on May 29, 2004, 06:32:15 AM
Sorry chaps but don't get too excited about the that guitar - they were awful, believe me!
Title: It was 35 years ago today.....
Post by: lvs on May 29, 2004, 06:52:20 AM
Hehe, nice memories. I still have a Kustom 250 made in Chanute... over the years it has begun to snapcracklepop a bit but still a cool machine.  I used to have a LPB1 also.