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Howard Jones and Jean Michel Jarre e.g. were into Synths. But what Synths are legendary, good-enough-for-museums-rarities, legendary as their artists? And other instruments: Which guitar did Johnny Cash play etc...

― michael eichhammer (mrrightnow), Saturday, 16 September 2006 10:17 (nineteen years ago)

The most legendary synth will always be the original Moog. Another legendary Moog is the Mini-Moog. And I guess the Yamaha DX7 is kind of "legendary" for its impact on mid-to-late 80s pop aestetics, even though personally I hate it.

As for guitars, there is the Rickenbacker 12 string, used by lots of huge acts.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 16 September 2006 12:49 (nineteen years ago)

Fairlight.

― Eppy (Eppy), Saturday, 16 September 2006 13:17 (nineteen years ago)

Radio Birdman's Deniz Tek plays the Crestwood Custom Epiphone that was given to him by Fred 'Sonic' Smith of the MC5, apparently. (except... if you google pictures of them both, they played different guitars? or am I missing something?)

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 16 September 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

I think the complete name of the actual legendary Fairlight instrument was the Fairlight CMI. Certainly important anyway.

Could the Gizmo be considered as legendary? It never quite took off, but it was unique at least.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 16 September 2006 13:46 (nineteen years ago)

Frank Zappa owned and repaired the guitar Hendrix set on fire at Monterey Pop.

― Orgy of Pragmatism (Charles McCain), Saturday, 16 September 2006 15:01 (nineteen years ago)

Everything about Brian May's self made guitar.

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 16 September 2006 15:06 (nineteen years ago)

Slash uses the sameLes Paul all the time.

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 16 September 2006 15:10 (nineteen years ago)

Slash has a Gibson signature issue now, but from what I understand the one that he made famous back in the Appetite for Destruction days was actually a custom built copy not built by Gibson. I can't remember the builders name, but eventually the guy was sued and the Les Paul copies he built are worth big cash.

― Earl Nash (earlnash), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Derrig?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slash_%28musician%29#Guitars

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 16 September 2006 19:58 (nineteen years ago)

Tom Petty - Rickenbacker guitars

― musicjohn73 (musicjohn73), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:45 (nineteen years ago)

I think the white Vox Phantom Ian Curtis played is the most iconic guitar I can think of.

― RoxyMuzak© (roxymuzak), Saturday, 16 September 2006 22:49 (nineteen years ago)

Stevie Ray Vaughn's worn out and beat up "Number One" stratocaster.

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Sunday, 17 September 2006 01:50 (nineteen years ago)

This thread needs pics!
http://www.dylanchords.com/pictures/nick_lucas_bob_dylan_12_64.jpg

That 30s Gibson Nick Lucas Special Bob Dylan played in the mid 60s (Don't Look Back, etc.), he eventually broke it by shutting it in a case with a bunch of harmonicas on top of it. Whoops.

This whole page is pretty good if you're interested in Bob's guitars:
http://www.dylanchords.com/professors/dylans_guitars.htm

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:00 (nineteen years ago)

Frank Zappa owned and repaired the guitar Hendrix set on fire at Monterey Pop.

I thought it was a similarly ignited Hendrix Strat from the Miami Pop Festival.

― Danny Aioli (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:10 (nineteen years ago)

Willie Nelson's "Trigger" is a beat-to-shit Martin.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:13 (nineteen years ago)

The Jenny Ondioline

http://go.zibycom.com/members/002222119/Site4/JennyOndioline.jpg

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:15 (nineteen years ago)

Woody Guthrie's guitar

http://www.geocities.com/dotball7/This_Machine_Kills_Fascists.gif

― Hideous Lump (Hideous Lump), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:18 (nineteen years ago)

I've always liked Syd Barrett's mirrored Esquire.

― xgurggleglgllg (xgurggleglgllg), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:22 (nineteen years ago)

Who was I just reading about on here recently that wrote the Woody "This Machine" stuff on their guitar? It was someone ridiculous.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 02:28 (nineteen years ago)

Vangelis=Yamaha CS80
Yamaha CS80=Vangelis

― Jay Vee's Return (Manon_69), Sunday, 17 September 2006 06:13 (nineteen years ago)

x-post to myself
ah, it was KT Tunstall.

― Marmot (marmotwolof), Sunday, 17 September 2006 06:28 (nineteen years ago)

The Simeon. (Refers to both the one-of-a-kind instrument and the guy who assembled/played it for Silver Apples):

http://www.terrascope.org/silver.html

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Sunday, 17 September 2006 07:01 (nineteen years ago)

James Jamerson and his Funk Machine:
http://fender.demonweb.co.uk/images/funkmachine.jpg

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Sunday, 17 September 2006 07:07 (nineteen years ago)

Chris Lowe has a T-shirt with a 303 bearing the "This Machine" text

― at lowes (kit brash), Sunday, 17 September 2006 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

BB King and Lucille, duh.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Sunday, 17 September 2006 11:43 (nineteen years ago)

The Linn and the 808 are both legendary in their own ways.

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Sunday, 17 September 2006 13:11 (nineteen years ago)

I read an interview w/Tek where he mentioned having Fred's gtr along w/other Epiphones. In Sonic's Rendezvous Band Fred played a customised Rickenbacker: a 3/4 body grafted with a 12 string neck restrung for 6. Awesome. Though a couple times he dragged out the Moserite he played on Kick Out The Jams, or an indentical one. I think he played the Crestwood circa Back In The USA.

― m coleman (lovebug starski), Sunday, 17 September 2006 13:37 (nineteen years ago)

>>Who was I just reading about on here recently that wrote the Woody "This Machine" stuff on their guitar? It was someone ridiculous.

Donovan also (though he omitted the "fascists" bit to avoid offending anyone).

― harvey.w (harvey.w), Sunday, 17 September 2006 14:09 (nineteen years ago)

Not that I ever had any respect for Donovan, but if I did, his reluctance to offend fascists would have snuffed it.

― 100% CHAMPS with a Yes! Attitude. (Austin, Still), Sunday, 17 September 2006 14:13 (nineteen years ago)

You should check his little "moment" in "Don't Look Back".

― factcheckr (factcheckr), Sunday, 17 September 2006 17:12 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks for the Tek/Sonic clarification, m.

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 17 September 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/5169/picardfluteuh7.jpg

― a.b. (alanbanana), Monday, 18 September 2006 03:25 (nineteen years ago)

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