Models
Every model, most significant first.
3 models
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Bond Electraglide
Electric guitar made in England in the mid-1980s
Electric guitar · United Kingdom
A futuristic British electric guitar of the mid-1980s, the Electraglide had a molded carbon-fiber body, a stepped fingerboard in place of conventional frets, and a digital control panel with an electroluminescent readout. Hugely ambitious and expensive, it was a commercial failure that helped sink its maker.
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Simmons SDS-V
The hexagonal pads of the 1980s
Electronic drums · United Kingdom
The SDS-V put hexagonal playing surfaces and an analogue drum synthesizer in front of drummers in 1981, and its pitch-swept toms are so tied to the decade that using one now is a period reference. The pads were also famously hard on wrists.
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EDP Wasp
Analogue music synthesiser
Synthesizer · United Kingdom
The EDP Wasp, released in 1978 by Electronic Dream Plant, is a compact, inexpensive hybrid synthesizer with digital oscillators and an analog filter. Its distinctive black-and-yellow touch keyboard and aggressive sound made it a memorable and influential budget instrument.