this EVER READY SKYQUEEN is straight out of the 1950s. shes been (tenderly) gutted and had a beaut pultec MB1 design two tube mic/direct preamp built into her. the 1/4″ direct input is a tough sounding hiZ instrument amplifier, super great for direct bass guitar or keyboards. the microphone input is balanced low Z with…
ugliest amplifier ITW nominee
classic! this true beaut 1964 nz made jansen 6 twenty had a party life. until 10 or 30 years ago flooded with a few brandy and cokes . he got left in a really dusty garage all opened up and has attracted all manner of dusty vegetation. finally given up to the the local hospice…
skyqueen in the bath
the skyqueen’s panel and sexy knobs are off for their annodising bath. shouldnt hurt a bit. i dont really think that the panel is going to come back quite with so much uranium tan or anything like the above shot. we’ll see what advanced anodisers in tokoroa can do with it eh. anyways in the…
i got raw nerves vinyl
wow. the raw nerves have punk energy that i never heard. cos i wasnt exactly a punk in the seventies. too satisfied in my middle class schlepp (that i never even thort about a bit) but i loved the music.. and this music. hi energy close up . heavy AND funny. the singer is a…
got the new mank vinyl
mank industries are folks im proud to be friends and gear dealers for. they specialise in monster beats – killer bass and monumental swaggar. and beautiful music. melodic and trippy. scarey with passion – just enough. and all that on vinyl. my god its so so so fat and clear. about the most fattest juiciest…
philip ontop the heap
geez. philip has some fine company there. damian is up to his neck with united audio la2a. wunder audio and a manley vox box. philip has been in our family along time scrapping it out with the odds and bods around the place. and getting lent out a bit to friends. the wife and kids…
minifenking
been in the lab making a new minifenk today.and first had to fashion a special support ring to fit under the oversize top panel pilot lite hole. so as to capture a magnifier glass up there. so as then looking into the spooky innards of said minifenk and bask in the golden LED glow becomes…
nominee for ugliest amplifier in the world
so far the MB1 amplifier (12ax7 & 6aq5) and the small speaker power output stage (6aq5) are built onto an ugly custom stripped out chassis. its chopped up to fit neatly into the lovely old skyqueen cabinet. it sounds great even with it’s very temp/experimental control wiring. just need to drill and letter stamp up…
up underneath the 300-3U
i love this type of point to point construction , where the back of the valve socket extends backwards and tags are riveted to that tube up the length of it so as build that particular valve stage right on the valves base. beautiful and simple. at their age these amps have plenty of leaky…
commando news from jungles of te pahu
bevan has writen back after living commando style. seems he has trouble of the balls in the wifes purse variety tho . .. hes not the only one mate . just goes to show how much trouble a man will go thru to run with the good stuff. ekadek stuff. read on. Hi Greg. Sorry…
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