Tag: Vox

24-10-2013

Reslo microphones in disguise

Reslosound sold numerous microphone models under their own name, and also made microphones for other brands. This Reslo RV was made for GB Equipment Ltd, and has a funky maroon logo on the top.

This one is labelled RVH – the ‘H’ means high impedance output.

I have also seen and serviced RV models with a Philips badge.

VOX badged Reslo RB

The common Reslo RB models were also sold under the VOX and GEC brands. This Vox mic is identical to the Reslo badged model, apart from the badge.

GEC badged Reslo RB

The GEC mics are painted black and given the model number BCS 2378, but it is simply a Reslo
RBS.

In addition to these re-branded models, many Reslo mics were sold as parts of sets with Ferrograph recorders, and it is common to find Reslos in a Ferrograph box, usually with a matching transformer.

Update January 2015: Here is one more for the collection – a rather scruffy Philips badged Reslo RV seen on eBay.

02-11-2012

The Trashcaster Lives!

Finally the Trashcaster guitar is finished. This started life as some parts on ebay – an old vox body and broken scratchplate, a Squire neck, hardtail bridge and knobs from a Jazz Bass. Add some paint and a pair of home-made pickups…. behold the Trashcaster!
Xaudia ‘Trashcaster’ guitar
The Trashcaster has custom wound big single coil pickups, with coil tap and phase switches, a blend pot, and normal tone and volume knobs. Wiring the blend pot was fun. You have to get the turn direction right otherwise all of the sound disappears! With these controls the guitar has a wide range of tones, and the out of phase sound Nashville tone is definitely something unique!

I have strung this for Nashville tuning, which is the same as the high strings on a 12 string guitar. So when played along with a guitar in standard tuning, it fills in the holes and sounds a bit like a 12 string, but with micro timing difference there is more of a chorus sound to it. You have probably heard this effect on countless records without knowing it.

A couple of coats of clear lacquer helps the slide-on decal blend in. But perhaps I should have called it the ‘Nashmaster’. Too late now! The last job was to file the nut to take the narrower gauge Nashville strings, and to do this you really need a proper set of nut files. They are not cheap but I found these ones on ebay for around £40, and they did the job quickly and accurately.