The Last Bass Outpost

Both tube and radio manufacturers offered pa systems in various forms from very early on. My favourite, philips, made tubes (they invented the pentode around 1927) and published data and application notes. They also made components like transformers and capacitors, anyone could buy and build. When the EL34 tube was available (early 50's) it was not too expensive to build 100 watters. Philips had their own pa head, the EL6431, built both in Germany and Holland. Actually rated for 120 Watts, both high and low impedance inputs, channel switching, came out around 1955. I have one, great instrument amp. I have a few big heads from the early 50's made in Norway and Sweden too, made by radio manufacturers. Technology is basically the same.

This. My impression is that the tube manufacturers published schematics using their proprietary tubes so that anybody could build a device (amplifier, radio, etc.) for fun or for profit. The tubes are a consumable product, so facilitating their use in a broad range of applications was the marketing strategy.

There have been so many discussions on the details already, so I'll just say that I enjoyed seeing the process unfold and it made me want to be in a band again.

Here I thought this was going to be a discussion of the Bored Ape Yacht Club.

https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/bored-ape-yacht-club-yuga-labs-sign-with-madonna-u2-manager-guy-oseary-1235086011/

I love his work, I'm a fan.

I like that a lot! I was not aware these were still being made. I may need to grab a Longhorn, just because...

That turned out great, congratulations!

The fetishism of scarcity and the business of collectables are curious things.