Prisma Skateboard Guitars
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…
Music
Pete Townshend’s Rickenbacker
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…
American Deluxe Fender Telecaster
The American Deluxe Fender Telecaster is a modern version of one of the most famous guitars in history, the ash-bodied electric guitar was first released in 1950 and it was the world’s first commercial…
Pink Floyd’s La Carrera Panamericana
La Carrera Panamericana is a documentary directed by Ian McArthur that follows Pink Floyd bandmates David Gilmour (guitarist), Nick Mason (drummer) and Steve O’Rourke (manager) as they race in the revived Carrera Panamerica in…
Skateboard Guitars
The Skateboard Guitar is an interesting little invention that I first came across in early 2012, I have vague memories of my Mrs wrestling my wallet out of my hand as I frantically tried to…
Stereo Tube Amplifier Kit
Vacuum tube based amplifiers have been making a significant comeback over the past 10 years or so, they were ubiquitous before the invention of the transistor – which due to its low cost and…
Music Hall MMF-2.2 Turntable
The MMF-2.2 Turntable by Music Hall is an audiophile-quality record player that can produce a class of sound from vinyl that many of us aren’t used to, and it does it for far fewer clams…
Crosley Cruiser Portable Turntable
The Crosley Cruiser Portable Turntable is a fantastic, affordable turntable for those who prefer the warmer tones produced by vinyl records. Each unit comes with an NP6 needle, a manual return tone-arm, a headphone jack,…
The 1965 Mustang Production Line + Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
If you only watch one 1965 Motown music video set in a functioning automotive production line today, make it this one. I can only imagine what modern health and safety departments would have to…
Silodrome Singles: Foxygen – No Destruction
After a short hiatus we decided to bring back the Silodrome Singles series this week, it’s set to be a collection of music that we like – largely featuring slightly less famous bands from…
Mason Jar Speaker & Amplifier
The Mason Jar Speaker & Amplifier is the sort of mini-stereo that’d find a comfortable home in the garage, backyard shed or as an addition to your camping rucksack.
thodio iBox XC
The thodio iBox XC is probably the closest anyone has yet come to making a perfect, portable summer stereo – that doesn’t look like a mass-produced piece of plastic.