Vintage musical equipment

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Vox wah-wah
pedals from the 1960s and 70s.

Vintage musical equipment is older music gear, including

reel-to-reel tape decks and microphones
) from the 1950s to 1970s are particularly sought. Musical equipment from the 1940s and prior eras is often expensive, and sought out mainly by museums or collectors.

Older gear is often known for its unique tonal or sound-shaping qualities. The cost of vintage gear may be higher than the reissued model or its 2010s-era equivalent, depending on the rarity of the item, how high the demand is for it, and the condition.

Guitars

Main article: Vintage guitar
A collection of vintage guitars

As early as the 1970s, musicians began to recognize the value of older instruments from the 1940s and 1950s. Among guitar aficionados, the mass production of both acoustic and electric guitars served to highlight the quality hand workmanship, crafting, finishing and materials of older instruments. Historians such as George Gruhn helped to codify both the monetary value and sound quality of these instruments.

Examples of well-known vintage electric guitars include 1950s and 1960s era models like the

Telecaster, and the Gibson Les Paul. Although less well-known and not as financially valuable, older electric guitars under the names of Harmony, Danelectro or Kay
are becoming increasingly collectible.

Examples of well-known vintage acoustic guitars include

Gibson models typically built prior to the 1970s, 1920s to 1930s Nationals and Dobros, and 1930s era Recording Kings
, among others.

Keyboards

A Mellotron keyboard

Prior to the popularity of

Fender Rhodes electric piano and the Hammond organ were widely used. The Hammond organ was a staple instrument in jazz, blues and early rock and roll up through the 1970s; Booker T. Jones played the Hammond on many recordings for Stax Records that helped define the sound of soul music in the 1960s.[1]

DX-7
that an affordable, mass-market digital synth became available to the general public.

Because the technology evolved so quickly, many synthesizers were manufactured for a very short period of time, and would later be sought after by musicians and collectors seeking unique or unusual sounds. Popular brands of vintage synthesizers include

Yamaha.[2][3][4]

Amplifiers

Orange amplifier and cabinet from the 2000s with a look reminiscent of the 1960s and 70s.

The first

Vox,[6] as well as other smaller companies such as Valco, Danelectro, and Premier. By the 1990s, many of these amplifiers had become so popular and sought after, that manufacturers began to reissue some models, while newer, smaller companies built new amps that boasted a "vintage sound". Some recording studios
have a selection of the most popular vintage guitar combo amps, amp heads and speaker stacks, so that performers can get a retro sound.

Effects pedals

Main article: Effects unit

When electronic

esoteric effects became popular. Warwick Electronics manufactured the first wah-wah pedal in 1967 and that same year Roger Mayer issued the first octave effect.[9][10][11]

The following year saw the arrival of

phase shifters were available.[13][14]

While digitized

effects pedals: the Univox Super-Fuzz and the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff, which helped to provide the band's signature "dirty" sound. When fellow grungers Nirvana made it big in 1991', interest in vintage pedals grew among their fans.[15]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-87930-705-9
    – via Keyboard musician's library.
  2. ^ "9 Dirt Cheap Vintage Synths That Don't Suck". Synthtopia. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Vintage Synth Explorer". vintagesynth.com. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  4. ^ Solida, Scot. "The 10 greatest synthesizers of all time". Music Radar. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ISBN 0-9641060-0-0
  6. ^ Fargen, Ben (January 2012). "10 Classic Guitar Amps & The Songs That Made Them Famous". My Rare Guitars.com. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  7. ^ "The Art of the Stompbox". 2010. Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  8. ^ "FuzzEffect: The Fuzz Story and Photos". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  9. ^ Drozdowski, Ted (June 30, 2008). "The Accidental Birth of the Wah-wah Pedal and How It Became the Signature Sound of Psychedelic Rock". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  10. ^ Mayer, Roger. "Octavia". Retrieved 13 September 2010.
  11. ^ "Photocell modulator deliver glorious vintage-vibed tones". audiobuyreviews. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  12. ISBN 9780879307820
    .
  13. ^ Hunter, D (2004). Guitar Effects Pedals: The Practical Handbook. Hal Leonard. p. 11-15.
  14. ^ Oberheim, Thomas E. (May 1970). "A Ring Modulator Device for the Performing Musician". AES Convention 38: 708.
  15. ^ Atria, Travis (6 March 2008), "Stephen Malkmus – Talks Real Emotional Trash", Glide Magazine, retrieved 13 September 2010

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