{"product_id":"onken-sound-co-gans-99","title":"Onken Sound Co. Vintage Staff Shirt — From the Doc Gans Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eA rare piece of pro audio history from the personal archive of Bill \"Doc\" Gans — SHOWCO engineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis vintage navy staff shirt was issued by \u003cstrong\u003eOnken Sound Co.\u003c\/strong\u003e (音研), a premier Japanese professional audio company with offices in \u003cstrong\u003eTokyo and Osaka\u003c\/strong\u003e. The front features Onken's iconic thumbs-up logo with kanji branding; the back reads \u003cstrong\u003e\"Good Sound Good Job! ONKEN — Tokyo Osaka.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnken was a respected name in pro audio during the 1970s–80s, producing high-end speaker systems and sound reinforcement equipment. Shirts like this were never sold to the public — they were crew and staff items, making surviving examples exceptionally scarce.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArchive owner:\u003c\/strong\u003e GANS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNotes:\u003c\/strong\u003e From the Bill \"Doc\" Gans Collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage — shows light age-appropriate wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProceeds benefit SHOWCO alumni and music industry charities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SHOWCO ® Archives - Swag Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48466946064578,"sku":null,"price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/1005\/4594\/files\/OnkenGoodSoundGoodJobTokyoOsaka-Front-DOC.jpg?v=1787175626","url":"https:\/\/shop.showcoarchives.com\/products\/onken-sound-co-gans-99","provider":"SHOWCO ® Archives - Swag Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}