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On 2/22/2020 at 11:14 PM, Mess said:

Hi manorcom,

I've just been reading this thread with great interest.

In the mid 60s I played in a band with a lad called Charles aka Tony Dickens who lived on Gawthorne St. Tony joined Bendix in 1966 and had a Cavern Deluxe which sounded great. He worked with an electronics engineer called Joe Green who helped our band out a lot with his knowledge.

Tony knows quite a bit about the Bel amps. He's posted on here as tony1 in the past but is also on FB as Charles Dickens. I've got an email address for him too which I can send as a PM if you'd like

Only just spotted your reply sorry Mess. Yes please.

Regards...Keith

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Phillip Gratton. Do you have an photographs of the factory or amps or gear or anything you can share?

Regards...Keith

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HSR,

 

I think you are refering to the Selmer Thunderbird amp with the green "Magic Eye" on the front:

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Thats great Eastwellian.

 

Any more information from your memory banks would  be great.

Here is a grainy picture from the report about the 1965 Music Equipment Show. I assume the small boxes are the PA amps:

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1 Some of your home Nottingham groups using BEL amps in the 1960's:

The Hound Dogs rehearsing at the Canteen at the factory

Carles Fables

Union Blues

Volume 4

 

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Thanks for your interest in my search. As I say any help or pointers will be followed up.

 

I beleive the amps were made in 1964 at Bendis Electronics Ltd, High Church Street, Baseford, Nottingham.

 

Here are a couple of pictures:

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Hi there,

 

I am researching BEL guitar amplifiers which were made at the Bendix factory in around 1964/5. Very little is known about them.

I am looking to find people who worked on them, any pictures that you may have. Anything would be helpful. Even contacts you may know who are not on the web.

 

Thanks for looking

Keith