Dewtron

One of the earliest advertised Dewtron product was the Dewtron Wave Trap, a device to boost the reception of medium wave radio broadcasts, [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Practical-Wireless/60s/PW-1965-04.pdf Practical Wireless], April 1965, p. 1201[https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Practical-Wireless/60s/PW-1965-03.pdf Transistor Set Inductive Amplifier], Practical Wireless, March 1965, p. 1081 another was the Dewbox, a 2 inch by {{frac|2|1|2}} inch plastic enclosure in variable lengths.[https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Practical-Wireless/70s/PW-1971-05.pdf Practical Wireless], May 1971, p. 91

Later on Synthesizers were advertised either pre-built or as kits of resin potted modules.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iI77AwAAQBAJ&dq=dewtron+synthesizer&pg=PA110|title=Analog Synthesizers: Understanding, Performing, Buying—From the Legacy of Moog to Software Synthesis|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|publisher=CRC Press|page=110|year=2009|isbn=978-1-136-12278-1}}{{cite web|title=Defunct Musical Instrument Manufacturers - D & E|url=http://audiotools.com/en_mi_dead_d.html|website=audiotools.com|publisher=olafur.co.uk|accessdate=2016-05-11}} By 1970 the company's products included oscillators, voltage controlled amplifiers, sample and hold and envelope shapers.{{cite journal|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Studio-Sound/70s/Studio-Sound-1973-01.pdf|title=News|publisher=Studio Sound|date=January 1973|page=10|accessdate=3 June 2015}} Chris Carter, later to form Throbbing Gristle, experimented with Dewtron kit-based synthesizers early in his music career, {{cite journal|url=http://throbbing-gristle.com/CHRISCARTER/content/sos/roland_100m.html|title=100 Not Out|journal=Sound on Sound|date=April 1995|accessdate=3 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304003616/http://throbbing-gristle.com/CHRISCARTER/content/sos/roland_100m.html|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}} as did Chris Watson of Cabaret Voltaire.[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/life-is-a-cabaret/8008 Life is a Cabaret] by Dan Goldstein, Electronics & Music Maker, Nov. 1984 In 1973 Ian Craig Marsh, (a founding member of The Human League and later to form Heaven 17) built himself a Dewtron synthesiser.[https://books.google.com/books?id=l5NtEAAAQBAJ&dq=dewtron&pg=PT53 Electronically Yours: Vol. I: My Autobiography] by Martyn Ware, Constable, 2023, {{ISBN|0349135134}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20070821214128/http://www.ex-rental.com/blindyouth/Dead.htm Blind Youth: The early work of the Human League], Ex-rental.com, (archived)

The Dewtron Mister Bassman bass pedal synthesizer was used by Mike Rutherford on Genesis albums from Nursery Cryme (1971) onwards, before replacing it with a Moog Taurus I for the album A Trick of the Tail (1976).{{cite web|url=http://www.hollowsun.com/hs2/products/progpack/index.htm|title=Prog Pack|publisher=Hollow Sun|accessdate=3 June 2015}} Yes' bassist Chris Squire and frontman Jon Anderson used similar units in live performances.{{cite journal|url=https://www.mixonline.com/recording/ct-yes-goodpeople-roundabout|title=Classic Tracks : Yes|journal=Mix|first=Matt|last=Hurwitz|date=January 2018|accessdate=19 March 2018}}[https://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/taurus-taurus-taurus/11460 Taurus Taurus Taurus] by David Etheridge], Making Music, Jun. 1987, pp. 30-31 John Paul Jones plays a Mister Bassman on Since I've Been Loving You on the album Led Zeppelin III.[https://books.google.com/books?id=6dlKDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22dewtron%22&pg=PT217 Led Zeppelin All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track] by Jean-Michel Guesdon and Philippe Margotin, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2018.

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• [http://elgauchoandres.blogspot.co.uk/2010/02/dewtron-or-how-to-hide-your-magic-if.html Dewtron, or how to hide your magic (if you have it)]
• [http://www.matrixsynth.com/2013/10/early-1970s-dewtron-mister-bassman-bass.html 1970's Dewtron "Mister Bassman" Bass Pedal Synth Dewtron "Mister Bassman" Bass Pedal Synth]
• [http://www.gregonemanband.me.uk/mrbassman.html An article about Dewtron "Mister Bassman" Bass Pedal Synth]
• [http://www.synthmuseum.com/dewtron/index.html Dewtron at SynthMuseum.com]
• [https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Short-Wave-UK/90s/SWM-1993-12.pdf Rediscovering the Dewtron Wave Trap], Short Wave Magazine, December 1993, p. 34
• [https://www.effectsdatabase.com/model/dewtron Dewtron], Effects Database. Shows a Dewtron Fuzzorama and Dewtron Wah-Wah with resin potted circuitry, both fitted in Dewboxes.

Category:Synthesizer manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom

Category:Musical instrument manufacturing companies of the United Kingdom