Tactile switches: Alps vs Omron?
http://www.firstpr.com.au/rwi/dfish/tact-switches/
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Johnny Marr
"This is the Gibson 355 that I first used on Sheila Take A Bow. I wrote and played I Started Something, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before and Death Of A Disco Dancer on this guitar. It can be heard on the start of Paint A Vulgar Picture, and on Nothing But Flowers by The Talking Heads, and seen on The Smiths Top Of The Pops appearance for Sheila Take A Bow, and when we played The Tube. It's now owned and used by Bernard Butler who I gave it to in the mid 90's."
"1960's Gibson Firebird 12 String"
gibson 330 guitar"I used this guitar a lot throughout the nineties with Electronic. Bernard Sumner and I got one each and our third album has them all over it."
This is a 1961 Gibson Les Paul Special that I used with Electronic.
This 1957 Gold Top Les Paul was used on the Healers Boomslang album and Ed O'Brien used it on Radiohead's "In Rainbows".
An original 1965 Vox Teardrop.
This is a 1966 Gibson 335 12 String. They came in three colours : Black, Red and Sunburst. I still have a red one. I gave my Sunburst one to Bernard Butler.
Thinline Fender Telecaster guitar This late 60's Thinline Fender Telecaster once belonged to Donovan. It was the first electric guitar he ever owned and he played it at the Isle Of White Festival in 1970. Bernard Sumner used it with New Order during the Technique period and was seen with it on Top Of The Pops when they did "Round And Round.
My 1964 Rickenbacker 12 String that once belonged to The Who.
This is a 1954 Gibson 295 or "Scotty Moore" that I used in the video for "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" and on some of "The Queen Is Dead" album.
My 1962 Fender Jaguar that I use with The Cribs and Modest Mouse.
The Gretsch 6120 that I used to write and record "Stretch Out And Wait". You can hear it on "Is It Really So Strange ?" too. I got it from The Who and It's one of the best old 1960's Gretsch's that I've played.
I wanted this 1963 Fender Jazz bass for a long time. It belonged to Paul Ryder from Happy Mondays and was on a lot of their records.
This is a custom colour 1959 Gibson 355 that I used on "Forbidden City" with Electronic. It's on the cover of "Get The Message, The Best Of Electronic.
This Blonde Gibson SG was made for me and is a one of a kind.
My Fender Bass Six, or Baritone Guitar. I used it on "Helpline Operator" by The The. It's tuned to A D G B E A."Gary Jarman played it on Stick To Yr Guns from Ignore The Ignorant by The Cribs and Ryan Jarman played it on Save Your Secrets."
The Martin twelve string that I used on "Unhappy Birthday" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" by The Smiths, "Get The Message" by Electronic...amongst many others.
This is my 1983 Black Rickenbacker 330 that I used throughout The Smiths. I got it from A1 Repairs on Oxford Road in Manchester and it was my main guitar at all the early gigs. It's the sound of the riff on "What Difference Does It Make" and "Reel Around The Fountain", all of the first album and on other albums too. I still use it now.
This is a 1962 Epiphone Coronet. Shortly after I got it I put it in "Nashville Tuning", which means putting on an electric 12 string set (the bottom four strings are an octave higher than standard). It feels like your playing backwards because the higher strings are at the bottom. I used it to double a lot of the Rickenbacker arpeggios on Smiths records, most notably on "William It Was Really Nothing", it's also the main guitar on "Half A Person".
This is my White On White Fender Jaguar. It's a '62 body with a '65 neck. The pick ups were made for me by Tim at Bare Knuckle to the original 1963 spec and it has a custom made white pickguard. I've been playing it exclusively on the recent shows with The Cribs and it's my main guitar at the moment.
The 1963 Epiphone Casino that I used to record the main tremolo sound on "How Soon Is Now". I recording the rhythm part and then sent the track out to four Fender Twin Reverbs all with tremolo on and had to keep stopping the song when the amps went out of sync. It took quite a long time.
I wrote "Nowhere Fast" on this guitar and played it at the Glastonbury Festival in 1984. The picture on the inside of Hatful Of Hollow was taken in the dressing room before we went on stage so I have the guitar on in that picture.
"This is the Gibson 355 that I first used on Sheila Take A Bow. I wrote and played I Started Something, Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before and Death Of A Disco Dancer on this guitar. It can be heard on the start of Paint A Vulgar Picture, and on Nothing But Flowers by The Talking Heads, and seen on The Smiths Top Of The Pops appearance for Sheila Take A Bow, and when we played The Tube. It's now owned and used by Bernard Butler who I gave it to in the mid 90's."
"1960's Gibson Firebird 12 String"
gibson 330 guitar"I used this guitar a lot throughout the nineties with Electronic. Bernard Sumner and I got one each and our third album has them all over it."
This is a 1961 Gibson Les Paul Special that I used with Electronic.
This 1957 Gold Top Les Paul was used on the Healers Boomslang album and Ed O'Brien used it on Radiohead's "In Rainbows".
An original 1965 Vox Teardrop.
This is a 1966 Gibson 335 12 String. They came in three colours : Black, Red and Sunburst. I still have a red one. I gave my Sunburst one to Bernard Butler.
Thinline Fender Telecaster guitar This late 60's Thinline Fender Telecaster once belonged to Donovan. It was the first electric guitar he ever owned and he played it at the Isle Of White Festival in 1970. Bernard Sumner used it with New Order during the Technique period and was seen with it on Top Of The Pops when they did "Round And Round.
My 1964 Rickenbacker 12 String that once belonged to The Who.
This is a 1954 Gibson 295 or "Scotty Moore" that I used in the video for "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" and on some of "The Queen Is Dead" album.
My 1962 Fender Jaguar that I use with The Cribs and Modest Mouse.
The Gretsch 6120 that I used to write and record "Stretch Out And Wait". You can hear it on "Is It Really So Strange ?" too. I got it from The Who and It's one of the best old 1960's Gretsch's that I've played.
I wanted this 1963 Fender Jazz bass for a long time. It belonged to Paul Ryder from Happy Mondays and was on a lot of their records.
This is a custom colour 1959 Gibson 355 that I used on "Forbidden City" with Electronic. It's on the cover of "Get The Message, The Best Of Electronic.
This Blonde Gibson SG was made for me and is a one of a kind.
My Fender Bass Six, or Baritone Guitar. I used it on "Helpline Operator" by The The. It's tuned to A D G B E A."Gary Jarman played it on Stick To Yr Guns from Ignore The Ignorant by The Cribs and Ryan Jarman played it on Save Your Secrets."
The Martin twelve string that I used on "Unhappy Birthday" and "Bigmouth Strikes Again" by The Smiths, "Get The Message" by Electronic...amongst many others.
This is my 1983 Black Rickenbacker 330 that I used throughout The Smiths. I got it from A1 Repairs on Oxford Road in Manchester and it was my main guitar at all the early gigs. It's the sound of the riff on "What Difference Does It Make" and "Reel Around The Fountain", all of the first album and on other albums too. I still use it now.
This is a 1962 Epiphone Coronet. Shortly after I got it I put it in "Nashville Tuning", which means putting on an electric 12 string set (the bottom four strings are an octave higher than standard). It feels like your playing backwards because the higher strings are at the bottom. I used it to double a lot of the Rickenbacker arpeggios on Smiths records, most notably on "William It Was Really Nothing", it's also the main guitar on "Half A Person".
This is my White On White Fender Jaguar. It's a '62 body with a '65 neck. The pick ups were made for me by Tim at Bare Knuckle to the original 1963 spec and it has a custom made white pickguard. I've been playing it exclusively on the recent shows with The Cribs and it's my main guitar at the moment.
The 1963 Epiphone Casino that I used to record the main tremolo sound on "How Soon Is Now". I recording the rhythm part and then sent the track out to four Fender Twin Reverbs all with tremolo on and had to keep stopping the song when the amps went out of sync. It took quite a long time.
I wrote "Nowhere Fast" on this guitar and played it at the Glastonbury Festival in 1984. The picture on the inside of Hatful Of Hollow was taken in the dressing room before we went on stage so I have the guitar on in that picture.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Concerts during 1981:
1 Moog Source synth
1 PPG Wave 2.0 synth
1 TEAC A3440 Tape Machine (w/ D.B.Y. Unit)
1 REVOX A77 Tape Machine
+ some other stuff
Some shows in the beginning of 1982 (See You Tour):
Martin: PPG Wave 2.0 and a Yamaha CS-5.
Fletch: Moog Source
Alan: Roland Promars (a monophonic JP-4, without the arpeggiator and less keys. It also has CV/gate in and outs.)
In the article named "The New Sythesizer Rock" (Keyboard Magazine 1982) the following equipment was listed: ARP2600, Moog Source, Roland Promars, Roland SH-1, Roland MC-4 (early digital sequencer), Korg KR55 (preset drum machine) Roland TR808 (programmable drum machine)
A Broken Frame Tour:
Alan: Roland Jupiter 8
Martin: PPG Wave 2.0)+ a small keyboard thing (Martin's small keyboard had "Fairlite" (compared to the 100.000 USD Fairlight CMI sampler) written on the back of it:)). The small keyboard could actually have been a Yamaha thing (Yamaha 5), which guys used when they started playing synths.
Fletch: Moog Source
Construction Time Again Tour:
Alan: Roland Jupiter 8 + another keyboard (don't know which one)
Construction Time Again Tour:
Alan: Roland Jupiter 8 + another keyboard (don't know which one)
Martin: Emulator I, Yamaha DX7
Fletch: Oberheim OB8
Some Great Reward Tour:
Alan: Emulator II, Roland Jupiter 8
Some Great Reward Tour:
Alan: Emulator II, Roland Jupiter 8
Martin: Emulator I, Yamaha DX7
Fletch: Oberheim OB8
Celebration Tour
Alan: Emu Emulator II, Korg DW 8000
Celebration Tour
Alan: Emu Emulator II, Korg DW 8000
Martin: Emulator II, PPG Wave 2.3
Fletch: Oberheim OB, two Prophet 2000 samplers
The triggers were translated w/ a Roland Octapad and sent to Akai S900 samplers for the sounds.
Concert for the Masses Tour:
Alan: EmaxHD & DX7II triggering EmaxHD Rack for Spare
The triggers were translated w/ a Roland Octapad and sent to Akai S900 samplers for the sounds.
Concert for the Masses Tour:
Alan: EmaxHD & DX7II triggering EmaxHD Rack for Spare
Martin: Same
Fletch: EmaxHD & DW8000 triggering EmaxHD for spare
Percussion pads behind them played the Spare Emax Tascam 48 Tape (Main) Tascam 38 (Spare)
World Violation Tour:
Alan, Martin & Fletch: Two EmaxII turbo (Main & Spare)
All Pads and Alan's Mega Drums triggered EmaxII turbo rack (became an Akai S1000 in Aus when the Emax died)
Two Tascam MSR16 Tapes (Main & Spare)
http://www.tuug.utu.fi/%7Ejaakko/dm/keyboards.html#q
Percussion pads behind them played the Spare Emax Tascam 48 Tape (Main) Tascam 38 (Spare)
World Violation Tour:
Alan, Martin & Fletch: Two EmaxII turbo (Main & Spare)
All Pads and Alan's Mega Drums triggered EmaxII turbo rack (became an Akai S1000 in Aus when the Emax died)
Two Tascam MSR16 Tapes (Main & Spare)
http://www.tuug.utu.fi/%7Ejaakko/dm/keyboards.html#q
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The studio is based around two Apple Mac G4 computers running Logic, plus a selection of outboard including (right) the Digitech Studio Vocalist used extensively on Another Day On Earth, a Lexicon Jam Man loop sampler and an Eventide H3000 Harmonizer.
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