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*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
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*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
*An Official Foo-Approved guitarist since Sept 2023.
oh pedal, not paedo
I remember reading that Jay Graydon had the very first one on the LA studio scene. Just looked it up... it was a big six-foot wide semi-circular thing with two Oberheim phase shifters, a Mutron III, a Vox wah, an Echoplex and volume pedal, all running on individual loops into a separate switchbox.
Judging by the Mutron that couldn't have been any earlier than '72, though, maybe '71 at a push.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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Citation needed about using multiple "pedals on a board" What were the 4 pedals that Ronson was using in 1968? You do realise that this is two years before Ronson joined up with Bowie, right?
“Paul had hosted a 15-minute radio program, The Les Paul Show, on NBC Radio in 1950, featuring his trio (himself, Ford and rhythm player Eddie Stapleton) and his electronics, ... During his radio shows, Paul introduced the fictional "Les Paulverizer" device, which multiplies anything fed into it, such as a guitar sound or a voice ... The invention allowed Paul to access pre-recorded layers of songs during live performances so he could replicate his recorded sound on stage”.
This is the original device I was thinking of. Turns out its controls were mounted on the guitar, not on the floor. However he also invented the Flanger and a couple of other devices which ended up being pedal controlled.