![]() ![]() On the rhythm guitar part on that song, you can hear this guitar. Said Sumner, “We did use it on a couple of New Order recordings, the one I remember is Everything's Gone Green. ![]() It sounded like some of the thinner guitars on Velvet Underground tracks, clean and jangly.”įollowing Curtis’ death in 1980 the Vox was used by Sumner and later gifted to Curtis’ daughter, Natalie Curtis. Ive made a Book you can buy it here .uk/ebooks/357815-not-everything-is-black-a. Ian Curtis' Vox for sale Post by FrankRay Sat 4:41 pm So for anyone with a love of Joy Division and a spare 80,000, Ian Curtis' Vox Phantom for sale at Bonham's, directly from his daughter's collection. The guitar has a battery in it, and if you press the buttons in the wrong combination it will go into self-oscillate mode and start to make this strange twittering sound that Ian liked very much. This past Tuesday, Ian Curtis ’ signature Vox Phantom VI Special was auctioned off by Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Sale for an eye-popping 162,562 (or 211,513 in US Dollars). citation needed Originally made in England, manufacturing was later relocated to Italy. It is unique for its distinctive, pentagonal shape, which became part of the iconic representation of the British Invasion. “We got the guitar repaired, and it turned out that 'replat' is actually 'repeat' – it was just a misprint. The guitar used by Joy Division frontman and lyricist Ian Curtis in the music video for their timeless hit Love Will Tear Us Apart will be offered by. OctoAlice Teeple An icon of Joy Division history has taken up a new residence. The Vox Phantom is an electric guitar, originally released in 1962 by the Jennings company. Italy’s Eko Guitars, always had a close relationship with Vox. Those Vox guitars were real dogs to play. Vox sold them the rights and designs of those sixties guitars and PGW produce Phantoms and Teardrops that are actually better than the ones made in the '60s by Vox. And perhaps no guitar player ever looked cooler than the Velvet Underground’s black-clad, wraparound- wearing Sterling Morrison slinging a white Phantom. If you want the Ian Curtis Phantom the closest you can get is by a company called Phantom Guitar Works (PGW). It had a pause unit, and a thing called the 'replat.’ When we got the guitar, half the effects didn't work, and we were thinking, what the hell is replat? Joy Division’s Ian Curtis made a high-strapped Phantom one of the band’s visual and sonic trademarks. The Phantom had tons of effects built into it, as an added bonus. In an interview for Pat Graham's book Instrument, bandmate Bernard Sumner said, “Ian really liked this guitar.
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