The unique guitars, amplifiers, effect units, keyboards and studio equipment of Frank Zappa
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Zappa Links: Some of my favourite Zappa-related sites: Zappa.com - the official Frank Zappa website. G&S Music - dedicated purveyors of FZ material. Dweezil Zappa World - ZPZ news and more The Idiot Bastard Son - the latest Zappa related news, reviews and interviews. afka.net - pretty much everything about Zappa in print. Zappa Wiki Jawaka - over 4600 articles related to Frank Zappa. Gear Links: Just some of the sites that have been useful in my researches, helped with photographs, technical information and so forth (there will be a complete list of references in the book including all verbal, printed and electronic sources). General: Preservation Sound - information and ideas about audio history Pro-Audio Company Names - What those mysterious initials mean TEC Foundation - presenters of the TEC awards GearSlutz.com - my kind of people! The Gear Page - more of my kind of people! Guitars: Vintage Guitars Info - History, Pictures and more Vintage Guitar and Bass - great site for old catalogues, adverts and literature Little Brother Blues - Vintage DeArmond Acoustic Sound Hole Pickups AcousticMusic.org - very useful acoustic guitars research and history section The Acoustic Black Widow fan pages - devoted to these obscure guitars Amplifiers: Acoustic - Unofficial Acoustic Control Corporation site Marshall Amps - The official Marshall web site Vox Showroom - Vox amps and instruments Effects: Analog Man - vintage guitar effects pedals Dan Armstrong Org - the man and his guitars (and effects units) Disco Freq's Guitar Effects database - Guitar Effects pedals - all of them! The Pedal Area - definitive articles on some classic pedals EHX.com - the official Electro Harmonix web site Synthezisers and keyboards: Bob Moog Foundation - custodians of Dr. Bob Moog’s legacy Vintage Synth Explorer - vintage synths and modern emulations Retro Synth Ads - vintage synth adverts Tom Oberheim - pioneering synth designer back in business MatrixSynth - everything synth blog Studio: Apostolic Studios - the recording studio that became FZ's New York downtown playground! Percussion and Other Gear: Vintage Ludwig Drums - Ludwig drums produced during the 1960’s and 1970’s Vintage Drum Guide - the history of vintage drums ... this list is very much a work in progress - many many more to follow here |