Blast from the Past

 

Owner Mike Bacciarini’s musical and electronic experience reaches back to the mid  60’s.

  

1968    Mike (R) in “Matrix” with Modesto music legend Dave Wallace (L), Mike Lang (drums), Mike Genest (bass, out of pic) playing Jefferson Airplane, Buffalo Springfield, and Moby Grape tunes at Roosevelt Jr. High gig. 1968-01
1969-02 1969   Setting up two Electro Voice 664 mics (the Buchanan Hammer) to record with his dad.   Also: Heathkit GR-64 shortwave radio (in background) he built in two nights (Mom had said “This should keep him busy all summer”)
1978 Compact P.A. for So. Cal. acoustic trio “Passin’ Thru“.  Simple but articulate system:  Bose 801’s, TAPCO 6100R, QSC 3.5 amps, Shure SP51 mics, “custom” (to put it politely) wedges. Bose TAPCO-med
1979-02

1979   Mike (and the infamous “Rick”  www.rickresource.com/main/

 >Articles > Rickenbacker Stories > The Saga of RE 2700) with “Passin’ Thru” at Calvary Chapel, Costa Mesa.

 

The year was 1980, Mike and some friends were doing sound for a festival at San Diego State University.  Musical acts that day included Andrae Crouch and the Diciples, and Sweet Comfort Band.  What a mix-and-match system that was!  Guess who’s climbing the stack to patch some HF?
1980-SMF01 1980-SMF02 1980-SMF05 1980-SMF03
1980-SMF04 1980-SMF06 1980-SMF07  
1998 saw Mike engineering for local favorites “Home Grown” at Mancini Bowl.  With a 48-ch. Yamaha 3K at the ready, he used a total of 6 channels (“…just to keep a few in reserve”).

1998 3K-med
ampracks

2002   Mike’s inspiration from those who park their beloved Harley Davidson in the livingroom.