The Varitone was a woodwind pickup and effects unit, allowing direct amplification of the instrument (i.e. without a standard microphone) and the introduction...
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design is very similar to the 335, the 345 featured a multi-position "Varitone" switch located just above the lead tone and volume controls, which added...
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from the Gibson Guitar Company. The guitar was a stereo guitar with a varitone circuit and it was manufactured from 1958 to 1982. In 2018 Gibson began...
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built. 1958 ZB monochrome 1958 ZB monochrome ZB Varitone instruments ZB Varitone wraparound ZB Varitone instruments The Mark III announced 2 February 1959...
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circuitry which employs a dummy coil A Varitone circuit (similar to that used on the Gibson ES-345) - the Varitone circuit is a mid-cut/band-stop filter...
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and Varitone circuit. The varitone's positions were not properly defined by Gibson which left players to try describing the sounds of the varitone dial...
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Stitt was one of the first jazz musicians to experiment with the Selmer Varitone amplification system as heard on the albums What's New!!! in 1966 and Parallel-a-Stitt...
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often seen performing with a 1961 cherry red Gibson ES-355 TD SV (Stereo Varitone) with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. Butler was born to Irish parents in North...
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Kaukonen's primary guitar was a Gibson ES-345, noted for the visible Varitone dial on the guitar and the signature 345 logo on the headstock. Kaukonen...
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and released on the Prestige label. The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound...
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circuitry which employs a dummy coil a Varitone circuit (similar to that used on the Gibson ES345) – the Varitone circuit is a mid-cut/band-stop filter...
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Parallel-a-Stitt (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1967 and released on the Roulette label. The...
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began using the Varitone system to electrically amplify their saxophones during the late 1960s. In addition to playing the Varitone, Eddie Harris had...
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It's What's Happenin' (subtitled The Varitone Sound of Clark Terry) is an album by American jazz trumpeter Clark Terry featuring performances recorded...
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What's New!!! (subtitled Sonny Stitt Plays the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1966 and released on the Roulette label. The...
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parallelogram inlays, Varitone, and stereo outputs. ES-347 (1978–c. 1990s) Alternate ES-345 with a coil-tap switch instead of Varitone ES-350 (1947–1956)...
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until 1972. The album represents Stitt's fourth recording featuring the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound...
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launched the B.B. King Lucille model, an ES-355 with stereo options, a varitone selector, and fine tuners (neither of which were actually used by King)...
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His contribution was a wiring harness with coil taps, a phase switch, a Varitone, and a defeatable active preamp (or two in some models). This electronics...
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appears similar to the EB-3, but with a single master tone control and no Varitone switch. In addition, the SG's neck pickup is a regular TB+ humbucker which...
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I Keep Comin' Back! (subtitled Sonny Stitt on the Varitone) is an album by saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded in 1966 and released on the Roulette label...
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next few years, he began to perform on electric piano and the electric Varitone saxophone, and to perform a mixture of jazz and funk that sold well in...
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Recorded in New York City on March 20, 1967 Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone, varitone Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman - trumpet (track 4) King Curtis - tenor saxophone...
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and released on the Prestige label. The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound...
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and released on the Prestige label. The album features Stitt using the varitone, an electronic amplification device which altered the saxophone's sound...
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released on the Atlantic label. The title is a reference to Harris's use of a Varitone device to electronically amplify and process his saxophone. This is the...
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records in Donaldson's catalog". The album featured Donaldson utilising the varitone amplification system for saxophone. All compositions by Lou Donaldson except...
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does not contain any real surprises. Stitt, who at the time was using a Varitone octave device on his horns (it is fortunately barely noticeable here),...
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saxophone began with innovations such as the Varitone system, which Selmer introduced in 1965. The Varitone included a small microphone mounted on the saxophone...
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Melvin Sparks, and Leo Morris. The album features Donaldson using the varitone amplification system for his saxophone. The album was awarded 2 ½ stars...
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