RE: deadtech guitar synth help

["terry o'brien" <anomalousdisturbances@hotmail.com>]

Hi Folks!

Well with all the talk about guitar synths, I thought this might be a good 
point to throw this request out there.

I am looking for information on a long defunct British brand/company 
called 
Top Gear (circa 75/'76/’77). They made stompboxes mainly,... I think.

I have a prototype,1-of-a-kind guitar synth called the TG-55 - the chassis 
has the number 001 etched into it, if memory serves. It consists of fuzz, 
compression, top boost, cycler, attack filter, envelope shaper, reverb and 
four tracking oscillators with a pitch to voltage converter.  You can plug 
any guitar into it - no special pick-up.  It is a dinosaur beyond belief 
and 
is so rude sounding.  It's good for big ugly duck sounds mostly.  IMHO, 
It's 
a special artifact of deadtech beauty.

Alas, there are no schematics. The whole unit still (barely) works, but 
talk 
about glitch and noise - it is the king in that regard. The pitch to 
voltage 
converter is encased in a block of epoxy ....and still works after all 
these 
years to my surprise.  Great and noisy fuzz with octavia setting - not 
working at this time.

I’ve searched for info high and low on the net periodically over the last 
year and have come up with nothing so far.  If still alive, I’d love to 
find 
the folks who made this oddity or someone who worked for the co.

I’ll be posting a photo on my website in the near future.  I also plan to 
make a series of recordings with it and my loopers - DL4 and 'Rang. So 
far, 
I have only used it for a bed drone on a track off my CD.

So, I realize this is a long shot, ....it's ancient history tech-wise and 
way-obscure but if anyone has ideas or comments, drop me a line.

Otherwise, I hope some of you may just appreciate the story of a very 
unique, terribly flawed and weird little beastie of a thing.

Thanks,

Terry
www.anomalousdisturbances.com










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