This even predates the guitars: 1973, Seoul, South Korea.
I bought this while in the Army in Korea along with the rest of my "super duper, quadraphonic sound system." Purchased mail-order through a military sanctioned catalog for about half normal retail AND sans tax, I got a ton (literally) of stuff. I have still been carting this stuff with me, every moved I've made since.
The system: Pioneer QX-949 4-channel receiver, Sansui FR-360 (just bought a new drive belt) 4-channel turntable, 4 Sansui 100 or 120W speakers weighing in at 50 lbs. each, a Teac 2-channel cassette deck (this one's long dead and destroyed), and the 2340R. The "R" is important because for a mere $100 more I could (and should) have gotten the 2340S which had "simul-sync." If that makes sense to you, you're probably nodding your head in affirmation. If not, it doesn't matter - ignorance is bliss.
I still use the 2340 to lay down an initial rhythym track with which to build subsequent layers. However, I find that recording directly into the computer with ProTools works better, so the reel-to-reel will probably just lie around looking too cool but actually just gathering dust. One more casualty to the digital revolution.
An early version of "Make It Right" was recorded with the 2340: Adamas through Tech-21 guitar amp; headphone line out of amp to reel-to-reel. Right and left channels recorded together then played back for recording second take. Of course there was the second to a second and a half delay between the two sets of analog signals (which brings us back to the "S" model's superiority). The signals were then brought into ProTools and synced up, processed a little: reverb for vocals, flange/chorus for guitar, and then MP3-crunched small enough to put on the site. Can't seem to find this version, though it's the audio track for the "Make It Right" video.
