Post by Pathein.Raindrop.Moe on Aug 19, 2004 17:42:02 GMT 7
Back in the 60s/70s before any guitar synth, this thing is so damn cool
my.net-link.net/~rgginger/guitorgan.htm#strange
......Essentially a guitar that can be coaxed to sound like a keyboard; the 'Guitorgan' is a strange piece of equipment that though it is shaped, played, and even sounds like a guitar (sort of), it can, at the flip of a switch, also sound like the cheesiest Bon Tempi organ
ever to grace a mobile home.
Now this is not to say it sounds good, it doesn't. As a guitar it sounds thin and anemic and as an organ it sounds very much like several angry tomcats fighting it out to the death in a shoe box lined with slabs of old
chalkboard. Built into the fret board are contacts that when pressed while forming a chord enable the player to accompany his or her guitar stylings with big washy organ pads.
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.
my.net-link.net/~rgginger/guitorgan.htm#strange
......Essentially a guitar that can be coaxed to sound like a keyboard; the 'Guitorgan' is a strange piece of equipment that though it is shaped, played, and even sounds like a guitar (sort of), it can, at the flip of a switch, also sound like the cheesiest Bon Tempi organ
ever to grace a mobile home.
Now this is not to say it sounds good, it doesn't. As a guitar it sounds thin and anemic and as an organ it sounds very much like several angry tomcats fighting it out to the death in a shoe box lined with slabs of old
chalkboard. Built into the fret board are contacts that when pressed while forming a chord enable the player to accompany his or her guitar stylings with big washy organ pads.
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.
