In 1967 each member of The Beatles was gifted a Mini wby their manager Brian Epstein, a larger than life character who had seen the band performing a lunchtime gig at The Cavern Club and decided on the spot to become their manager. He became an integral part of The Beatles, and many years later…
The Transparent Speaker from Stockholm-based company People People is based on an art-school design concept that went viral. The transparent panels are locally-sourced sapphire glass, and it’s been designed to be owner-serviceable, with an included simple wrench tool for disassembly. The speaker has a built-in Bluetooth adapter so you can play music on it right…
The new Meters OV-1 headphones have been developed by the same team behind Ashdown Engineering, a British company that has designed and created instrument amplification for a number of the world’s biggest bands. Each pair has built in dynamic ANC (Automatic Noise Cancelling), a lightweight alloy frame, and USB charging for its internal battery. Meters…
Boe Vintage Radio Bluetooth Speakers are original vintage radios, with their distinctive sounding speakers still fitted, but with new circuitboards, amplifiers, and Bluetooth 4.0 connectivity. The goal is to save these iconic designs from the landfill, by making them compatible with 21st century life. The Australian-based team behind Boe source functional radios, then carefully disassemble…
Bohemian Guitars is a small Atlanta-based company with South African founders, they became enamored with the homemade guitars that were being created in the poorer communities of South Africa and decided to bring the concept to the rest of the world. Each of their metal bodied guitars is made by hand, the wooden fret board…
The Black Pelican Boomcase has been designed to be one of the most durable portable speaker systems in the world. Once it’s latched closed it’s completely waterproof, and when open the speakers all have steel protective grills for added safety. Boomcase offer the Pelican in black, olive green, high-visibilty yellow, high-visibilty orange, and light grey. Each…
Gibson Guitars was founded in 1902 and originally made mandolin-family instruments, they rose to prominence after they invented the first archtop guitars using the same carved, arched tops used on violins – producing an entirely unique sound. Towards the mid-20th century Gibson released one of the first hollow-body electric guitars, and helped trigger one of…
The new Shinola Runwell Turntable is 100% assembled in Detroit at the Shinola flagship store, where workers can be seen taking them from individual components to completion. The aluminium main plate, and platter are both CNC machined in the USA, with the other parts coming from across the United States and around the world. The…
The BoomBarrel by BoomCase is a self-contained sound system in a small barrel. Internally it has a 50 Watt amplifier, a lithium-ion battery offering up 18+ hours of usability, a 5.25″ aluminium or black cone woofer, and it has two silk dome tweeters on top. With a frequency response of 70hz – 20,000hz and measuring…
BoomCase have been producing suitcase stereo systems for a few years now, and they’ve become a favourite amongst those who need a decent outdoor sound system, but don’t want to lug around a black plastic box. This BoomCase is called Gold Dust, it’s essentially a vintage suitcase that’s been modified to include an AUX-in cable,…
Prisma Guitars is a small San Francisco based company that hand-builds guitars from used skateboard decks. It’s run by Nick Pourfard – a 24 year old self-taught woodworker and industrial design student with a deep love of music, guitars and skateboarding. Each Prisma guitar is made from used, damaged and snapped skateboard decks, and Prisma machines…
Pete Townshend became famous early in his career as the front man of The Who as a guitar smashing tour de force – a man who stood in stark contrast to the relatively buttoned-down Beatles. The Rickenbacker you see here is one of two being offered in the same lot at the upcoming Bonhams Entertainment…
