Friends of mine from back in Flint, Michigan, Grand Funk Railroad were the first Platinum Record Band to use West amplifiers. They are first, out of alphabetical order, because their logo moves !
Randall Aiken's amplifier headquarters. Home of Randall's very fine boutique line of amplifiers. Also the home of the most extensive, and well read technical treatises on building and maintaining tube guitar amplifiers. He uses our
GREAT site for background on Musical Artists, Bands, Etc.
Worlds Best Pots in their amps
Fine boutique reproductions of vintage Marshall amps. They use our
THE website for all of you Buckaroo Bonzai Fans out there. There has been a DVD released earlier this year ! And here is a Buckaroo Bonzai FAQ.
The home of Frog, my top Artist Demonstrator, and all around good friend. and the Beeftones, one of the best roadhouse bands in the country.
Buy my friend Pete Cavanaugh's new book. Very complete on the Michigan rock scene in the 60s. The graphic link will get you ExLibris or see the book on Amazon.
Another fine boutique amp builder that has used our World's Best pots in some of their models.
Really fine British Guitar Speakers that you can put in your amp if they are not already there.
The best place to contact old classmates.
Great Place for misc. Electronic parts.
The best way to sell stuff.
Elderly Instruments is a music store and mail-order service featuring a huge stock of new and used guitars, basses, amplifiers, effects, and other instruments, an extensive selection of books and videos, plus 1000's of hard-to-find CD's & cassettes.
Mark Farner
was the original guitarist, lead vocalist and the main songwriter, for the original Grand Funk Railroad..
The ONLY way to search the Web. We have been found !!
Fabulous source of User Reviews, Discussion Forums , Gear Classifieds, New Products Guitars and Amp Manufacturers. My favorite "Music Place" on the Internet.
Hydromind, my oldest son Aaron West's band.
I'm sorry this is so big, but it is definitely worth it. THE DEFINITIVE Site for Detroit, (and Michigan), Rock Bands of the 60s and 70s. You owe it to yourself to visit this site NO MATTER WHERE you are from! Fantastic amount of information and pictures. VERY COMPLETE!
PS: Isn't that a GREAT graphic.
If you want to get there, these guys will draw you a GREAT map, with driving instructions.
Great Place for misc. Electronic parts. VERY good on parts for tube Equipment
Fabulous place to get free music. All of our background music comes from here.
William A. Parrette's
FANtastic, HUGE, Website! Features the most complete Grand Funk site I have ever seen, in edition to a great deal of information on web programming etc. I was especially amused by the page that purports to show the equipment that Grand Funk used on stage. I don't believe they ever even saw an Avalon. They used strictly Fillmores. And those are NOT 6L6s in the picture. Be sure to use the arrows on the BOTTOM of Bill's page to travel through the different web rings !
Dennis Preston designed rock concert posters, album covers and band logos in the late 60's and early 70's. He's still around and still doing artwork.... check out his website. A concert poster by Denny of the Plain Brown Wrapper is included in our museum.
This is a GREAT PLACE to buy professional music gear.
A great way to ship stuff.
Vintage Guitar serves up the best stuff on collectible guitars and amps, as well as players from all eras who help make them great!
Dick Wagner was the first guitarist to ever play a West amp. In fact he was instrumental in my starting to build amps in the first place. The blue pilot lite is one of his many contributions. Much more about Dick on the History page.
Manufacturers of vintage style loudspeakers and other products for the vintage equipment enthusiast
More to come soon !!!!!
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