Strange Stuff In Old Studio:

Inspector #20

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Primo Sound Systems in Riverside, California, has been in the same location since the mid 1970's. It features two large rehearsal rooms. We booked out one for our Saturday auditions:

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When you walk in, you file past these PA cabinets - double stacked - to well over 8 feet. Several are still wearing "Motley Crue" logos.

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Then, in the corner, I saw this odd device. I'd never seen one before. I am guessing it's some kind of transformer or regulator??? It was running because you could hear it humming...

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Of course the console was from the days of lore as well:

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And this trip back in time just wouldn't be complete without genuine, vintage musicians...LOL!!!!

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Now, take a look at my Marshall combo - Stage Right. When I was standing in front of it, I could barely hear it....I thought I really needed more volume, right???

But, when I walked down the ramp a few steps, it almost blew my face off!!!

Talk about projection!!!

I guess that when i was close to the amp, i was standing above its sonic jet stream and i couldn't hear it clearly...and when i started down the ramp, I walked right down into the shotgun blast!!!

I really do dig this rehearsal venue. They only charged us $50 per 3 hour block...not a bad rate at all.

How's your Memorial Day weekend going???
 
We don't have memorial day, but today is a public holiday. That unidentified device looks a lot like a Variac. Very useful for amp techs.

It reads "Powerstat - The Superior Electric Company - Bristol, Conn" so I'm guessing you could be right!@@@!

I didn't think of that, but its huge!!! The dial is reading 77.5 something....
 
It reads "Powerstat - The Superior Electric Company - Bristol, Conn" so I'm guessing you could be right!@@@!

I didn't think of that, but its huge!!! The dial is reading 77.5 something....

Well, it's big enough to probably power the whole studio. So my guess is that the mains voltage in that area was not reliably 115V, so they used that to dial it into the correct level.
 
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