For those in this thread who have knocked curtis, i wont even bother defending ian from a depiction of him in a film, but to the point about ian failing to live up to the image he projected in the music, his wife, exbandmates, and biographers all agree that ian kept his intellectual side hidden from view. Curtis was known for his bassbaritone voice, dance style, and songwriting typically filled with imagery of desolation, emptiness, and alienation. Use homesteads free website building software to choose a design, customize it, and show the world. Im a huge fan of the band now but when i first heard dead souls i couldnt stand the way it sounded like he was singing in a fake voice, i thought he was posing or something and it totally turned me off. Ian curtis was the lead singer of postpunk band, joy division, until he commited suicide in may of 1980.
Ian kevin curtis 15 july 1956 18 may 1980 was an english singersongwriter and musician. We caught up with may and his longtime guitar tech pete malandrone on queens summer tour with adam lambert to talk about his minimal effects, vox amps, and of course, the red special. He grew up in hurdsfield, but would live most of his adult life in nearby macclesfield. The vox tradition of innovation carries on today in our. Vox amplification announces that its firstever software product, jamvox, is now shipping. And there probably is a way to design a set of custom dot inlays to. A woman brings in a guitar she insists was signed by all four of the beatles in 1964 in this collection of scenes from. The phantom was difficult to play seated, but was otherwise.
The vox professional acoustic guitar cable features multigauge conductors to give optimum performance at all sound frequencies. Joy division released their debut album, unknown pleasures, in 1979 and recorded their followup, closer, in 1980. The legacy of voxbranded electric guitars goes all the way back to the early sixties, and arguably the most famous models of all can thank their legendary users for their notoriety. Planned is to be able to control all settings you can set on the device in realtime from your pc. Check out ian curtiss gear and equipment including the vox phantom special vi, shergold masquerader, and arp omni2. The songs on this album really delved deeper into ians problems with depression and seizures. The vox jamvox is a recording interface with live monitoring, a practice tool, and a guitar amp and effects simulator all built into one. His trademark metallic sound came from its many builtin, battery powered effects.
If you like ians droning intensely to a good beat this right up your alley. The phantom line was expanded throughout the 60s to include the special, as played by joy divisions ian curtis. The v208 vox shadow three pickup model the dominator and shadow guitar three pickup version the v208 shadow guitar factory parts list. Another innovation was the guitar organ, which featured miniaturised vox organ circuitry activated by the contact of the strings on the frets, producing organ. If youere thinking of buying any software thats been put on the market through the same people who manufacture gvox guitar lyrus, it should be written lyurs dont buy anything they make they now have a few more supposed software for guitar recording called encore, music time deluxe, and music tracks pro. A condenser microphone will also sound better than the builtin acoustic pickups. Melville, ny january 15, 2016 the company that pioneered onboard electronics introduces a fresh new approach to the modern electric guitar with the vox starstream type1. With thousands of amp sims on the market its hard to figure out which ones right for you. Vox president, tom jennings, commissioned the london design centre to create a unique new electric guitar, and in 1962 vox released the resulting instrument, the phantom. I think that fact that its tube based really warms up all of the sounds on here.
The strong demand for reissued models saw limited run production versions and then the vox apache series of travel guitars with builtin amplifiers, which added yet another quirky chapter to the tale of these instruments and then finally, in 20, these iconic models were reissued as part of the revamped vox line of electric guitars. Unfollow vox guitars to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Curtis guitar sound can be instantly recognised by its tinny, processed sound, which comes from the guitar s built in battery powered effects including. Vox ships jamvox, software, hardware modeling interface. The guitarorgan was a dick denney creation that combined the mechanical elements of a phantom guitar with the. When joy divisions debut record was released to the world on june 15. Due to the fact that the late ian curtis used one on the love will tear us apart vid. Ian curtis of joy division used either a vox phantom or a teisco version on occasion in the band when their primary guitarist switched to keyboardssynth for some numbers. The stones brian jones used the classic teardrop mark vi, while joy division singer ian curtis strummed a phantom vi two designs that were reissued in 1998. Curtis is known for his baritone but if you listen to joy divisions earlier work it doesnt sound like the same person. The vox showroom effects, accessories and miscellaneous.
While the majority of guitar on unknown pleasures is performed by sumner, vocalist ian curtis can be heard on select tracks from the album playing his vox phantom special vi, the teardrop guitar which later became synonymous with joy division. Even now when i listen to the band i wonder what some of the songs. A disturbing observation is that it is the only guitar in the world shaped as a coffin, the white colour makes this all the more obvious. He had two, one white and one black and his trademark metallic sound came from its many builtin battery powered effects. Weak they were an elite unit of the sas, eight brits sent behind enemy lines in iraq to knock out saddam. New control application for your great vox tonelab st device. The ibanez rgkp6 is the latest in a long line of effectsladen electrics here are a few of our faves from years gone by. Millenium mps750x edrum mesh set, set containing 1x 10 dual zone mesh snare pad, 3x 10 dual zone mesh tom pads, 1x 8 mesh head kick pad with pedal, 1x 10 hihat pad with controller mounted on stand,1x 12 dual. But if you just want to learn all about amp sims specifically, keep reading. Clifton classical guitar set 2 44 bk, consisting of. Ian curtiss phantom vox guitar ive made a book you can. Credit is provided by a panel of lenders with whom we have a commercial relationship so we cannot provide independent advice. Some minor improvements have been implemented to improve stability. Atrocity exhibition, passover, twenty four hours, heart and soul, really show the progress the band had made since their debut.
An exceptionally versatile instrument, equipped with vet virtual element technology, this new line embodies a sleek, new cuttingedge design from vox amplification, ready to be explored by the. Check out the vox phantom page at sweetwater the worlds leading music. It featured an unusual pentagonal body shape, three singlecoil pickups, a fenderish neck and 6onaside headstock, and a bridge with a bigsbylike vibrato. Ian curtiss vox phantom special vi guitar warehouse artifact. The condenser will capture higher frequencies that a dynamic microphone and your acoustic pickup will miss. Ian curtis of joy division is known to have owned two white vox phantom vi special effects guitars which had push button switches on the scratch plate to activate the effects cicuits. Ian curtis had committed suicide two months prior to the release of closer. Ian curtiss phantom vox guitar ive made a book you can buy it here storeukebooks357815noteverythingisblacka. The guitar organ was a dick denney creation that combined the mechanical elements of a phantom guitar with the. Run your guitar through one of these plugins and youll have hundreds of iconic guitar tones at your fingertips. You can listen to your playing through the monitor.
Guitar guitar limited trading as guitarguitar is a credit broker and is authorised and regulated by the financial conduct authority. Guitar blues guitar from hell nick brown 2 guitar bubblegum guitar keith curtis guitar tough guy guitar posturing, vocals vox john robb. Popular microphones for recording acoustic guitar include akg 414, neumann k84, akg c, akg c3000, neumann k184, and sony ecm 50. The most prominent use i can think of is its appearance on love will tear us apart, where its got a weird metallic sheen to it.
Early british invasion band, the echoes, and ian curtis of postpunk band, joy division, used vox phantoms. So to help you find the perfect fit, ive put together this list. If you want the ian curtis phantom the closest you can get is by a company called phantom guitar works pgw. An amp simulator amp sim for short is a plugin that imitates the sound of a guitar amp.