OH Taxonomy
Randy Holden was a teenager when he formed a rock and blues band in Pennsylvania called The Iridescents. The core of that band moved to California to follow the wave of emerging Surf instrumental bands and formed The Fender IV. The band recorded several songs that have since played an important...
George Tomsco formed the influential rock band The Fireballs with several of his high school friends. The band became known for its instrumental recordings, which were very popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Many of the band’s best known songs were written by George, including “Torquay”...
Mike Vernon formed an instrumental rock band inspired by George Tomsco called The 3 Balls of Fire (the name taken from the first song they learned to play "Great Balls of Fire"). During his career, Mike played with several legendary instrumentalists such as Tomsco and Link Wray, as well as Davie...
Bob Spikard formed an instrumental rock band with his high school buddies and they called themselves the Chantay’s. The band’s greatest hit, co-written by Bob, was entitled “Pipeline”! The song redefined the instrumental hit recordings of the era and helped put Surf Guitar on the map. Although...
Cal Perkins was the product engineer for a number of innovative products over his long and successful career. Cal's background and training on early amplification and audio technology resulted in his involvement with several key products for JBL, Mackie Design, and Biamp Systems, among others. ...
Fred Bigeh is the product engineer and one of the three founders of Audix. Fred has been the key designer for the company's product lines, notably the OM Series vocal mics and the D Series instrument mics which are now standards in the industry. Fred launched the company with Cliff Castle, VP of...
Cliff Castle, along with Fred and Cindy Bigeh, is one of the co-founders of Audix. Cliff's strong suit is a deep understanding of the music industry and in forming strategic relationships. Located in Wilsonville, Oregon, Audix has become an important developer of professional vocal and instrument...
Cindy Bigeh, is the CFO and one of the founders of Audix in Wilsonville, Oregon. She came on board with the company just about a year after it was established by Cliff Castle and Fred Bigeh. Since then she has played a key role in the accounting and organization of the company as well as...
George Kirkwood joined the Rodgers Instrument Corp. in the engineering department just five years after the company was formed by Rodgers Jenkins and Fred Tinker. Beyond his fourth year with the company, George became Product Engineer on a number of key innovations and product lines for the...
Conrad Sundholm is the founder of Sunn Amplifiers and Biamp Systems, which revolutionized the music industry with several key design innovations, designs, and products. Although Conrad was building amps for his brother as early as 1961, Sunn became a big influence, especially on bass amp makers...