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1934 – Metabo electric rotary drill No. 750; 1957 – Metabo Type 7608, world's first impact drill series; 1966 – Angle grinder with S-automatic safety clutch; 1969 – Impact drill with electronic speed regulation; 1981 – 1000 W impact drill with constant speed; 2000 – Angle grinder with Metabo Marathon motor
Gerald McCabe was born in Long Beach, California, in 1927. He graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School, and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He studied at UCLA, earning a bachelor's degree, then at Cal State Long Beach, where he earned a master's. [28] McCabe established his guitar shop in 1958.
In 2017, KKR also bought Hitachi's power tools subsidiary Hitachi Koki for US$1.3 billion, changing its name to Koki Holdings (HiKOKI) and marketing its tools as Metabo HPT in the US market. [ 59 ] [ 60 ] In 2018, Hitachi stopped selling televisions in Japan because its market share had dropped to 1%, opting to sell Sony TVs through its ...
The guitar tech also might perform any of a variety of maintenance tasks, such as checking that the string height of the guitars is set properly, modifying ("dressing") the height and arc of the frets, adjusting the intonation of the instruments, checking that tubes (valves) on tube amplifiers are working properly, and that cables are in good condition and free from crackles and hum caused by ...
EMG, Inc. is the current legal name of an American company based in Santa Rosa, California that manufactures guitar pickups and EQ accessories. Among guitar and bass accessories, the company sells active humbucker pickups, such as the EMG 81, [1] the EMG 85, the EMG 60, and the EMG 89. They also produce passive pickups such as the EMG-HZ series ...
The Turner Model 1 electric was designed by Turner in 1979 for use by Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, who continues to use the Model 1 to this day. The guitar pioneered the use of curved plates on the front and back in order to reduce standing wave hysteresis loss and the use of 18 volt preamps in an attempt to tame the 'quack ...
The repair shop occupies about 3,000 ft 2 (280 m 2) of space in the Elderly building. [22] A number of notable guitarists have sent their instruments to Elderly for complete restoration or other major work such as refinishing and refretting. [11] Elderly's repair department services other fretted instruments such as banjos, ukuleles, and ...
William Allen Asher (born 24 July 1964) is a Californian-born luthier (guitar maker) [1] in the Los Angeles area. He has been in the guitar repair and restoration business for over 30 years and has been building high-end, custom guitars for 15 years. [2]