Jefferson Airplane – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1966 album Jefferson Airplane Takes Off.
Music from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
Artists on Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
Gear Used On Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of Jefferson Airplane – Jefferson Airplane Takes Off (1966). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.
Guitars used by Jorma Kaukonen on Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
Rickenbacker 360/12 12-String Hollowbody
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When Paul Kantner suggested he get a Rickenbacker 12-string guitar because Roger McGuinn of the Byrds played one, Kaukonen, who already took his guitar choices very seriously, dutifully cashed in enough of the Israeli savings bonds his grandparents had given him and bought one.
In his autobiograhy he says: "This was the six-string guitar [the Guild T-Bird] I used on the Takes Off, as well as the Rickenbacker twelve-string".
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Amplifiers used by Jorma Kaukonen on Jefferson Airplane Takes Off
"I also bought a Standel Super Imperial because Zal [Yanovsky] was playing through one. It was a completely solid-state amp with two fifteen-inch speakers, and no guitarist would probably voluntarily choose one. That said, it's [along with the Guild T-Bird] the gear I used for the solos on "Somebody to Love" as well as "White Rabbit". It worked out OK for me. Years later at a gig in New Jersey at the Tabernacle I found myself sharing the stage with John Sebastian [a founder of the Lovin' Spoonful]. We got to talking and I told him how I got the Guild and the Standel because the Lovin' Spoonful guys had that gear. "We hated those amps," he told me. "We had to use them because we were endorsers." I couldn't stop laughing. Again, it worked out for me...Back then I knew nothing about the gear so when I heard him [Zal Yanovksy], I had to have what he was playing. As if the Super Imperial weren't brittle enough, I added an upholstered box from Kustom with two high-frequency horns. Around the time of Pillow I was transitioning from the Guild Thunderbird guitar and the Standel amp to the Gibson and two Fender Twin Reverbs, but I was still waffling between two setups. The solos on "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" were done with the Thunderbird and the Standel (minus the horns). Saturating the sound with spring reverb was the deal. The other tracks were done with the Twins and the ES-345 Stereo".
