Dave Van Allen
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Souderton, PA , US , Earth
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Posted 4 Jan 2005 12:49 pm |
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it was a steel for the steel parts, and
a
GUITORGAN for the organ parts...
a hollow body like a 335,strung like a guitar, but as I understand it, the frets acted like contacts in a keyboard so playing the guitar chord forms would give you the note at that fret on each string...
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From Harmony Central:
This Guitorgan was made by transplanting actual organ circuits into a late 60's Ventura copy of a Gibson Barney Kessel model. Each fret is segmented six times and wired to create a touch-sensitive organ. Organ features include: 15 different toggles, push buttons and switches for flute, string, sax, clarinet, oboe, vibrato, and sustain, etc. Guitar features include two humbucker pickups with separate volume and tone controls and a 3-way toggle switch. Has two standard jacks so a player can use two amplifiers/channels for organ, guitar, or combination. Also has a three-point jack for the wall outlet power supply. Double cutaway hollow-body with sunburst finish, imitation mother-of-pearl inlays in fretboard and on head stock, glued-on plastic laminated Guitorgan sign on headstock and MCI sign on tailpiece, adjustable bridge. Enormous removable panel in back for access to electronics. Guitar is very heavy and unbalanced. Approximately 3000 Guitorgans were produced between 1968 and 1984 and they originally sold for $2500-$4000.
a band I was in opened for Freddy back when that tune was on the charts, and his guitar player (who's name escapes me) played the Guitorgan, thru a small leslie and it absolutely KILLED!!![This message was edited by Dave Van Allen on 04 January 2005 at 12:52 PM.] |
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