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"Every guitar that had been in Jamaica had to be pulled apart and rebuilt." Roger Mayer on salvaging Bob Marley's guitars for 'Exodus'
Roger Mayer is a legend. His innovations include the Octavia, a groundbreaking fuzz box that doubled signal frequencies, a sound not obtainable previously. Mayer and his effect heavily shaped ...
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FX guru Roger Mayer on Hendrix: “Anybody can buy a wah and just make it go ‘wah-wah-wah’, but making it talk is something else” - MusicRadar
FX guru Roger Mayer on Hendrix: ... At Woodstock he used a Vox wah, silicon Fuzz Face and Uni-Vibe, in that order. He didn’t use an Octavia “No. We couldn’t keep them long enough! I don’t remember ...
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50 Years of Making Fuzz, the Sound That Defines Rock 'n' Roll
Great as Hendrix was, we rarely hear of Roger Mayer, a techie who honed his engineering chops in the British military. He served as Hendrix's personal guitar effects tinkerer.
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Jimmy Page talks about Roger Mayer bringing the distortion pedal into his life - MusicRadar
Mayer first made pedals for Page in 1964. Orville "Red" Rhodes built a pedal for The Ventures for their 1962 single 2000lb Bee, after they wanted to recreate session player Grady Martin's faulty ...
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"Every guitar that had been in Jamaica had to be pulled apart and rebuilt." Roger Mayer on salvaging Bob Marley's guitars for 'Exodus'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Ian Dickson/Redferns Roger Mayer is a legend. His innovations include the Octavia, a ...
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"Every guitar that had been in Jamaica had to be pulled apart and rebuilt." Roger Mayer on salvaging Bob Marley's guitars for 'Exodus' - MSN
Roger Mayer is a legend. His innovations include the Octavia, a groundbreaking fuzz box that doubled signal frequencies, a sound not obtainable previously.