How rare is this?! A 1960’s Murph bass guitar. King of the “made-in-a-garage-in-California” #BudgetBrand guitars. Designed and built by Patrick Murphy for a brief time in the mid 60’s. eBay Link: VINTAGE 1965 MURPH BASS GUITAR SUNBURST FOUR STRING RARE PATRICK MURPHY More info about Patrick Murphy and Murph guitars: Read more…
1965. The Beatles. Vox. What more can you say? This 1965 model Berkeley is the original all-valve (tube) powered version that Thomas Organ produced in Sepulveda, California n small numbers from late 1965 through mid 1966.
The Music Man 110 RD Fifty is an outstanding hybrid tube/solid-state guitar amp built in the 1980’s with a reputation for great tone.
The Lyle C-600 is an excellent 1970’s reproduction of the Martin 000-18 guitar. The C-600 was made in Japan at the Matsumoku factory and sold in the United States by L.D. Heater Music Company of Portland Oregon.
The L.D. Heater Music Company was a family-owned importer of musical instruments based in Portland, Oregon from around 1918 until about 1984. They offered many music products and instruments, notably guitars, violins, and other string and brass instruments. By 1971, the company had moved from downtown Portland to Beaverton, Read more…
55 years ago tonight, February 9, 1964! It was a Sunday night, at 8:00 PM, on The Ed Sullivan Show. In just one hour everything changed! America met John, Paul, George and Ringo. While over 700 fans screamed inside the Ed Sullivan Theater, 73 million viewers watched the broadcast Read more…
Update: Update: Just added some new shots of the chassis, tubes, board, Orange Drop caps, Fisher speaker, etc. The Original 40XL This page is dedicated to photos of our ’69 Silvertone 1422, also known as the Sears 40XL. We recently acquired this amp and found it to be one of the Read more…
This page is dedicated to the traditional American folk song ‘This Train,’ also know as, ‘This Train Is Bound for Glory.’ Origins of this song are unknown, but it has been sung and handed down in the American South for over 100 years. Read more…
SOLD! This Beatles-signed ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ album sold at auction today for $290,500.00. This copy of the 1967 ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ album, acclaimed by most as the greatest of all Beatles’ albums, was signed by all four Beatles. Today’s final bid exceeded the original estimated value by more Read more…
The Beatles – February 23, 1964 Forty-nine years ago today, The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the third consecutive Sunday night. They performed Twist and Shout, Please Please Me, and I Want to Hold Your Hand.