Magnatone ESTEY Titano

[plexi50]

Boy this sure was the top of the line back in the day. The Vibrato is wonderful. Almost 50 years old and still smoothly ticking away

[eleventeen]

Man oh man, that one makes me feel like upgrading the formica in the kitchen, getting some of those new-fangled hanging swag lamps, and playing a rousing game of Twister!

Very cool! This a new addition for you? I've never heard of the model, though I've certainly heard of Estey. In fact, from the old guy who unloaded his entire electronic garage onto me is an military Estey RF test generator from I'd say 1947-1953. Estey also made organs, I believe.

The world was a better place when hundreds and hundreds of electronics and electro-mechanical companies were located in Torrance = LA. Just like they did around Lockheed in Burbank, a zillion electronics and metal shaping and machining and engineering companies sprang up around the Hughes and TRW complexes in El Segundo and Manhattan Beach, respectively. If you could solder two wires together and not burn yourself, you could get a job. And of course, until maybe 15 years ago, there were at least a few companies selling surplus junk, too. All gone now, except for Hughes & TRW. 

[phsyconoodler]

Estey= Magnatone.