Features
According to the service manual, the G-101 had a single manual of five octaves (61 keys), which was divided into three sections:
- A bottom octave (13 keys, from "C1" to "C2") provided fixed bass, using reverse-colored white-on-black keys similar to those on the Vox Continental's entire keyboard to designate the area.
- A second octave (11 keys, from "C#2" to "B2"), could be configured either for extended bass or 'treble' (standard organ) use, using white-on-grey keys to designate.
- Three octaves (37 keys, from "C3" to "C6") for the treble keyboard, using standard black-on-white keys.
The instrument offered the following controls across the cabinet top, listed from left to right:
- A rotary knob to control the volume of the bass keyboard
- A bank of five tabs (color-coded) for voicings of the bass keys:
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- (Green) String Bass, Sax Bass, Fuzz Bass
- (Gray) Bass Normal/Percuss., Bass Sustain Off/On
- A rotary switch to select either 'extended bass' or 'treble' (normal) functionality for the grey octave
- A bank of 12 tabs, (color-coded) for voicings on the treble keys:
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- (Red) Glide Normal/Trumpet Wow-Wow
- (Yellow) Trombone 16'(Piano S-St-P), Clarinet 16's
- (Blue) String 8'(Harpcd S-St-P)
- (Yellow) Trumpet 8', Kinura 8'
- (White) Flute 16', Flute 8', Piccolo 4', Nazard 2-2/3', Mixture
- (Red) Brilliance Normal/Full
- A bank of eight tabs (color-coded) for signal processing on the treble keys:
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- (Green) Vibrato Fast/Slow, Vibrato Light/Heavy, Vibrato Off/On
- (Red) Sustain S Med, Sustain SS Long, Staccato St Off/On
- (Gray) Reverb Off/On, Percussion Off/On
- A rotary knob to control the Repeat Off/On/Rate
- The instrument's power switch with built-in pilot lamp
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