Dan Armstrong - Man & Guitars

A page from the November 1976 issue of Beat Instrumental magazine advertising the Dan Armstrong effects units made by Wareham and distributed by Sound Projects. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.

Another advertising page from Beat Instrumental magazine - this one from the June 1977 issue showing the Dan Armstrong effects units still made by Wareham and still distributed by Sound Projects. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.

A letter from Tim Mann, National Service Manager at Ampeg to Mr. John Tashjian on August 15, 1977 informing him that he can purchase parts from Lou Rose Music for Dan Armstrong guitars and basses. Prices for parts are also included in the letter.

An advertising page from August and September 1977 showing the Dan Armstrong effects units in Spanish and labelled as Dan Armstrong Micromods.

A magazine ad in the late 1970^s by Schecter Guitar Research for their new ZPLUS pickups which was designed for them by Dan &/or Kent Armstrong. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.

An MCI business correspondence postcard. Ampeg was acquired by Music Technology, Inc. in the late 70^'s. The Ampeg name can be seen among other brand names at the bottom of the card. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.

An August 1987 issue of Guitar Player magazine with an article written by Dan Armstrong in regard to modifying the wiring of one's guitar like the Dan Armstrong Superstrat.

A late 80^'s advertizing brochure for the Dan Armstrong Master Series pickups giving a brief description of the six different models in this line.

An installation guide that accompanied the Dan Armstrong Master Series pickups that Dan marketed in the late 1980^'s. The easy to following instructions and drawings were for both his single-coil and humbucking pickups and included drawings for connecting to a 3-way type pickup selector switch, or a 5-way type switch.

The cover and instructions for the Dan Armstrong Supersqueezer are printed on the same sheet. The Supersqueezer is a signal compressor that was designed in the early 1990's and is somewhat like the popular 1970^'s compressor called the Orange Squeezer.

Unlike the original Squeezer however, the Supersqueezer installs within the tone control cavity of the instrument and boasts a much more powerful signal gain while consuming less power. Made by the Starr Switch Company, they are now known as Starr Labs.

A July 1992 article covering the Dan Armstrong · Ampeg guitars in Guitarist magazine. Though it contains an error in regard to the bass having Schaller tuners. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.

Various Cerwin Vega ads for the Dan Armstrong Hot Cabs, along with a Cerwin Vega warranty registration card that came with my Dan Armstrong 112-G Hot Cab. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.

A Cerwin Vega ad & spec sheet for the varius types of Dan Armstrong Hot Cabs that were available. Although these speaker cabinets are best known in the industry as 'Hot Cabs' it is interesting to point out that the term 'Music Boxes' is not only what they called them, but what their actual trademark name was. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.

An interview with Dan Armstrong at the time he was working with Cerwin Vega on his Hot Cabs. This interview was apparently in a different language than English as it's printed 'Translation to English by Jason Molenda'. Though a reproduction, thus somewhat undocumented - given the content, and the way Dan words himself with his answers, and especially the fact that Mr. Molenda (or the original interviewer) got rather facetious in copying down some of Dan's replies all leads me to accept this as a genuine interview. Of special interest (to me anyway) is the reference to the 'Green Guitar'. Unfortunately this was not followed up on. Courtesy of Bill Richardson.