Doc H Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Having been a young musician in the SF Bay Area, I got to see the likes of Sequential Circuits, Mesa Boogie, Dean Markley, and other companies go from small operations to large foot prints in the Bay. I stumbled across this while looking for some info on some old Furman Audio gear (PEQs and the sort). Made for an interesting read. http://www.furmanhistory.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gswitz Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Totally great article. I read every word. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Yes, that was interesting. Thanks for sharing the link. For no particular reason, I'd always pictured Furman as maybe a subdivision of some Taiwanese manufacturing giant (which it now is), not a mom 'n pop startup by hippies. I'm looking at a Furman product right now, at the bottom of my rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 I'm off to go check it out now - thanks Doc! Every one of my racks featured a Furman and I even had their floorboard (shown below). Nothing ever failed - excellent gear! [Edit - Uh oh! Ed won't like this quote from that page! LMAO! "The name Alembic meant nothing to me..." ?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gswitz Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) I have this pedal board and love it. Mine says skb not furman. These have to be the same thing rebranded, right? Mine has a hard case that is a suitcase for pedals. Edited October 25, 2020 by Gswitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Hmm... That one has a slightly different front, but is certainly similar! Mine had a soft case (that never got used since everything I owned tended to stay in the studio except when I brought backups to friend's gigs). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gswitz Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) https://www.furmanpower.com/support/legacy-product-documents?div=01&id=SPB-8 This link has manuals. Whatever i have is exactly the spb8 with a hard case. It is awesome.i basically use it as a suitcase for pedals. I don't leave it configured. I plug in what i want when i open it. The splitting feature is cool but kinda complicated. Mostly, i use it for a pedal power supply and carrying case. Edited October 25, 2020 by Gswitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc H Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 15 hours ago, bitflipper said: Yes, that was interesting. Thanks for sharing the link. For no particular reason, I'd always pictured Furman as maybe a subdivision of some Taiwanese manufacturing giant (which it now is), not a mom 'n pop startup by hippies. I'm looking at a Furman product right now, at the bottom of my rack. I have had Furman power conditioners in my guitar rig since the 80’s not even realizing they were a SF Bay Area Company back then, nor what the history was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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