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Ritchie Blackmore

Before adopting the AIWA tape preamp, Blackmore drove his amplified Stratocaster sound with a Hornby-Skewes treble booster.

Board
Made in Japan treble-boost path
Context
Deep Purple Japanese tour
Board date
Evidence
Documented equipment · 2 cited sources
Order
Source-described
Scope
Core signal path
Routing
Serial path
Audited
Signal
1 unit · Guitar to amplifier

Signal path / A

Made in Japan treble-boost path

Period-documented booster path

InputGuitar
OutputAmplifier

Documented equipment · Source-described order · Serial path

The booster is consistently documented for Blackmore's pre-1974 system. Amplifier modifications and tape echo routing are not shown because the surviving evidence does not expose a complete serial floor chain for every 1972 show.

Cited sources

  1. Vintage GuitarRitchie Blackmore
  2. BSM Treble BoosterRitchie Blackmore gear archive