![]() ![]() This is a gorgeous emulation and its enough to keep you in front of your computer for hours, trying to compose the next rock’n’roll hit of an era long gone.īut of course, this wouldn’t be a true V Collection instrument if Arturia didn’t take things one step further. Vox Continental V2 is no exception the photorealistic interface and the accurate sound reproduction are enough to make you forget, at least for a few minutes, that you’re not actually playing the real thing. I have reviewed quite a few emulations from Arturia’s V Collection and I have yet to be disappointed by one of them. If you’re one of them, then you should probably have a look at an emulation called Vox Continental V2. ![]() Since this is such an iconic instrument, there are still many contemporary music producers who want to add its sound to their compositions. Its bright, thin sound was featured in songs like “Light My Fire” by The Doors, “The House of the Rising Sun” by The Animals, or “Think For Yourself” by The Beatles. While there were a lot of models that made history, the Vox Continental was one of the most popular. Sounds Incorporated (see below), probably took delivery of their Continental a month or two after the Overlanders received theirs.Organs were prominent instruments in the 1960s' rock music. Fitting out of the first 60 or so organs, all done by hand, could be quite variable. The key features, setting this organ apart from later square tops, are: (1) lid latches on the front edge (2) the plain case, no silver "string" inset at the edges (3) the absence of any "Vox Continental" plaque (4) the absence of white piping on the front lip of the orange top (5) the "diving boot" volume pedal ( see this page) (6) the two jack sockets on the underside of the organ - one a pass-through for the pedal.Īs production proceeded, the elements noted above were adjusted/updated - some separately, others together. If a better version can be found, it will be incorporated below.ĭetail from the ad above - users of the Continental by March 1963.Ī couple of great details from pictures taken by Harry Hammond - Al Saxon of the "Overlanders" at a very early "square top" Vox Continental organ with perspex music stand, probably early 1963. The Continental can be seen in the clip of The Tornados at around 1 minute 10 secs. The film was released in 1963, filming having begun at Twickenham Studios on 19th Nov. ![]() Again, there is no explicit mention that the Continental has been issued individually to the groups named. On the 22nd, however, it is noted that the organ appears in a film - "Just For Fun", starring Helen Shapiro and the Three Monarchs, and so on. On the 8th, the blurb states that Jennings supplies organs to various bands - The Tornados, Eric Delaney, Sounds Incorporated, John Barry - though it does not explicity say that the Continental itself has been supplied. The relevant application numbers for the drawbars are: 886591, 34054/57.īelow, two early adverts for the Continental in the popular music press - "Melody Maker" magazine, 8th and 22nd December. Notes on the design of the Continental's drawbars, for which "World Patents" were asserted, can be found on this page. Applications in the case of Vox did not always coincide precisely with the beginning of production.ĭetail from a four-page fold-out manual printed in February 1963. The process was a three-fold one: application (12th December, 1962) publication and finally registration - formal legal approval of the name. "Registered Design" covered outward appearance "Patents" covered physical/electro-mechanical features. On the 12th December 1962, JMI applied for two Trade Marks for the "Vox Continental", one in "Class 15" (for musical instruments) the other "Class 9", a category encompassing items intended for a variety of applications: photographic, cinematographic, sound recording, wireless (radio), and so on. The best sources of information on the Continental on the web are, as ever, Combo Organ Heaven and Ron Lebar's Alpha Entek site.Īn overview of Vox volume pedals (including those supplied with the Continental) can be found here. The Continental was first unveiled at the Russell Hotel Trade Fair in August 1962 - see this page on the Vox AC100 website. Detail from the JMI catalogue of mid 1964.įorthcoming: a selection of documents, some not available elsewhere on the web, relating to the Vox Continental transistor organ - early years, 1962-1964. ![]()
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