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From: eric@srs.UUCP (Eric Gottesman)
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Subject: Re: The secret history of the headgear microphone
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 16:35:06 EDT
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> 
> P.S.  Other silly bits of trivia: Tom Scholz, who's an MIT grad and in
> the group Boston and makes mediocre music, invented the "Rock Man",
> which is like a walkman which you plug your electric guitar into.  And
> Godley and Creme have invented several gadgets which are now widely
> used by musicians, but I can't remember what they are....

One of Godley and Creme's gadgets is called the GIZMO. It's a device 
that is placed over the strings of a guitar (fastened to the bridge, I think).
It has six little spinning wheels, which when lowered to the strings
give a bowing type sound. They managed to produce many orchestral and
other exotic sounds with this device. They can be heard on an amazing
Godley and Creme album set called "Consequences". 

				Eric