old transistors photo

[Toby Paddock]

In cleaning up the garage (the...  horror), I ran across some old
transistors. 
I got them in the late 60's I think from someone who got them from 
someone who got them from someplace. 
Anyway, here is a picture if anyone is interested:

http://www.seanet.com/~tpaddock/images/old_trans_m.jpg   80K
http://www.seanet.com/~tpaddock/images/old_trans_l.jpg   267K

I'm guessing mostly germanium by the age and a quick 
ohmmeter check. Some may be newer parts, there is some 
obviously newer stuff in the same box.

Also, I noticed that the leads of most of them are ferrous. 
They stick to my tweezers that somehow got magnetized.

What would a distortion box using selenium rectifiers sound like? 
I think there may be some of those still hiding around here. :)

 - -- -  Toby Paddock