Stage Electrics
Fredrick Bentham
Co-ofounder Soundcraft Electronics Limited
Born 1948
Raised and educated, Epsom, Surrey, England
Played piano since age 4
Junior music scholarship to Trinity college London
Studied Piano and Organ
Interest in electronics from taking apart electric organs.
Went to Bristol University in 1966 to study electrical engineering.
Graduated and got a job with Comptons Organs
Met Bill Kelsey together helped build Sound desk for Emerson, Lake and Palmer at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival
Suposedly Jimi Hendrix asked to use the desk when his sound equipment was delayed in traffic.
Got a job kelsey and morris Building desks that they had Designed.
Wanted to branch out and design his own but had no sound engineering experience. Met Phil Dudderidge of Rotary Speaker Development. together in 1973 they set up Soundcraft Electronics LTD.