Applied Audio, Hilgen and Guild

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The feller who was behind Hilgen amplifiers founded Applied Audio, who built effects for Guild, and some of the first transistor amps too.

The Genius Behind Hilgen: Jack Gentul

Hilgen Amplifiers

www.hilgenamplifiers.net

 

[GGJaguar]

Cool connection! And interesting Ampeg info, too!

 

[GAD]

All the volume/wah peddles were made by Applied.

Cool link!

 

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Iirc, the fuzzwah I have has an applied board in it. Doing some solder work and that's on the pile.

 

[SFIV1967]

Also discussed here in the past:

https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/guild-wah-pedal-on-ebay.203774/post-1897465

Ralf

 

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And here.

'57 Guild/Sonola comes home....

Just got this Sonola 100G back from repair and restoration.... I'd written a longer account on this amp and the work done, but mistakenly erased it, so briefly.... ...it needed....a new output transformer, replace power supply filter components, out of tolerance resistors in the preamp...

letstalkguild.com

 

[The Guilds of Grot]

All the volume/wah peddles were made by Applied.

Do you peddle your pedals?

 

[GAD]

Do you peddle your pedals?

Yeah, but I never get very far.

 

[Rambozo96]

All the volume/wah peddles were made by Applied.

Cool link!

Some were made by Foxx.

 

[GAD]

Some were made by Foxx.

Once again I reminded of my favorite generalization: All generalizations are false.

 

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They rebranded so many things. I had no idea that Guild sold Wurlitzer electric pianos.