Gibson G-101 - Features

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:
  • (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:
  • (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:
  • (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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