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2 weeks ago | vintageguitar.com | Dave Hunter

Manufactured in Chicago but given a name evocative of a Pacific-island paradise, the 415k also encapsulates a large portion of early electric-guitar history in one square, two-tone box. Wrap up the very influential Hawaiian-guitar craze of the early 19th century and its dramatic impact on popular music in the United States along with the efforts of several major innovators in the quest to properly amplify the guitar in general, and that’s what we’re looking at in the form of this unassuming amp.

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June 2019 VOL. 33 NO. 08FEATURESBacon & Day The Guitar YearsA major force in the banjo market of the early 20th century, B&D’s story includes a significant chapter on guitars as the company pushed to compete when the guitar moved closer to the front of stages.

1 month ago | vintageguitar.com | Dave Hunter

Any fan of vintage amplifiers will feel a flutter in the ol’ ticker at the sight of an immaculate early example like we have here. But this mid-/late-’30s combo is even more stunning to behold when you consider that it arrived just a decade after the world’s best solution to the guitar’s paltry volume was to put its strings directly in contact with a thin aluminum resonator cone built into its body.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Dave Hunter

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2 months ago | vintageguitar.com | Dave Hunter

The design retains Morley’s signature electro-optical control of the wah, meaning there’s no potentiometer to wear out, while adding nifty features like step-on/step-off engagement and glow-in-the-dark treadle rubber. Its wah effect includes a Level control with up to 15 dB of boost, while Fuzz sports Intensity, Level, and its own footswitch. Power enters a center-negative connection from external 9-volt DC source (not supplied).