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    Posted: May 26 2024 at 14:20
Hi, since a few months ago I am collaborating with a catalan website dedicated to progressive and alternative rock, writing some articles about the musical instruments frequently used in the music we love so much, especially those profusely used by the prog giants in the 70s.

I'm including the link to that web section below. So far 10 articles have been published and a new one gets published every 4 or 5 weeks. Honestly I don't know how many I will finally write, we will see...

The articles are written in catalan but I have tested the translation into English by the google chrome web translation feature and the result, while not being perfect, is more than understandable (not meaning the Google Translate application but the chrome feature which translates the web page itself).

Please note that the articles appear in reverse order, that is, the first one (the Mellotron Part 1) is the one appearing at the bottom, the next one is the Mellotron Part 2, then the Birotron, then Chris Squire's triple-neck Wal, etc etc, while the latest one (the Minimoog) appears on top. I recommend reading them in order of publication, so from bottom to top.

I hope that you can find these articles interesting, and if you should have any questions or remarks I will be pleased to answer them, cheers!
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Thanks, an interesting project!! 

You mention the Fender bass guitar, which certainly had many adherents in prog music (Greg Lake, John Wetton etc.).  I also think the amazing Rickenbacker 4001 deserves special inclusion, as its high-treble sound when played with plectrum and round-wound strings defined the music of Yes, Renaissance, Flash, Genesis, Rush and many others!   




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The contribution of these articles is far from finished, for sure I will talk about the Rickenbacker basses and much other stuff in future coming articles!
The present 10 articles are just a sort of appetizer!
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You think that Klaus Schulze will ever get any recognition for some of that? A lot of these ARP's were his arsenal in the early days.
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

You think that Klaus Schulze will ever get any recognition for some of that? A lot of these ARP's were his arsenal in the early days.


Or...Roger Powell?

Before Roger joined Todd Rundgren's Utopia, he recorded Cosmic Furnace (1973), a bar-raising electronic instrumental album composed on ARP synthesizers, along with piano/clavichord:

_Odyssey
_2600
_2500
_Soloist

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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:



Or...Roger Powell?

Before Roger joined Todd Rundgren's Utopia, he recorded Cosmic Furnace (1973), a bar-raising electronic instrumental album composed on ARP synthesizers, along with piano/clavichord:

_Odyssey
_2600
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_Soloist


Fully agree. Roger had also worked for ARP as engineer and programmer. He also developed the first keytar, his Probe, of which Jan Hammer also got a unit.
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tldr: Rickenbacker is greedy and I don't like the company

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Originally posted by Moyan Moyan wrote:





Vivaldi with Cannons .... (from the live album!!!)
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Lol, this is not a fricking Theremin. It's literally a box with a knob on a hi-hat stand! 🤣🤣🤣 !

FYI, this is a Theremin. Notice this bent metal rod widget, which is a crucial part of the instrument's construction.


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Lol, this is not a fricking Theremin. It's literally a box with a knob on a hi-hat stand! 🤣🤣🤣 !

FYI, this is a Theremin. Notice this bent metal rod widget, which is a crucial part of the instrument's construction.
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I was partially joking, because, to be fair, the Theremin is a relatively simple device. And a hi-hat stand rod can actually act as an antenna. But, having the horizontal "volume" gizmo definitely helps. It's the original and the most common design, so experienced Thereminists can use it to its full potential. An adequate analogy would be say if a guitar player (traditional Theremin) was gonna play a Tsugaru Shamisen (Jimmy Page style Theremin). B)
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Originally posted by Gerinski Gerinski wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:



Or...Roger Powell?

Before Roger joined Todd Rundgren's Utopia, he recorded Cosmic Furnace (1973), a bar-raising electronic instrumental album composed on ARP synthesizers, along with piano/clavichord:

_Odyssey
_2600
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Fully agree. Roger had also worked for ARP as engineer and programmer. He also developed the first keytar, his Probe, of which Jan Hammer also got a unit.


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