John Cale
The Velvet Underground founder
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John Cale's Gear
This site states that Cale used a Fender Stratocaster guitar.
Cale can be seen in this photo playing a Vox Phantom Bass.
This site states that Cale used a Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster.
This site states that Cale uses a Yamaha Silent Viola SVV-200.
This site states that John Cale uses a Line 6 M9 Stompbox Modeler.
This site states that Cale used a Vox Westminster Bass Amp.
John Cale of the Velvet Underground is pictured with a Fender Jazz Bass, as seen in photos from Getty Images.
This site states that Cale used a Spalt Puzzle Stratocaster.
This site states that Cale uses a Spalt Stratman 12-String.
This photo shows Cale playing a Vox Continental Organ. According to this website, John Cale used this organ on Sun Blindness Music and the White Light/White Heat albums.
This site states that Cale uses a Fender Precision Bass.
This site states that Cale used a Gibson Explorer.
This site states that Cale used a Gibson Flying V.
This site states that Cale uses a Spalt Stratocaster with Linear Tremolo.
This site states that Cale uses a Kurzweil K2600.
This site states that Cale uses a Fazioli 308 Grand Piano.
This site states that Cale uses a Boss TU-2 Chromatic Tuner.
On this picture from Couch's website Cale can be seen using a Racer X Strap by Couch.
In this photo, Cale can be seen playing a Rheem Mark VII combo organ with the Velvet Underground at the Retinal Circus in June 1968.
John Cale is credited with playing a Cembalet in the liner notes of his album Stainless Gamelan: Inside The Dream Syndicate Volume III.
This article mentions John Cale using a Sadowsky Jazz Bass for the VU reunion tour.
At 29:37 you can see that Cale is running his Flying V through the Masa amp
During the 1984 Rockpalast performance at Grugahalle Essen, John Cale is seen using the Yamaha CP-70 piano from the song "Caribbean Sunset" to "I’m Waiting for My Man," including the encore. This is evidenced by the YouTube video uploaded by ForARide.
In this photo of Cale playing with The Velvet Underground in 1968. You can see him playing the violin
At 3:51 of this KEXP session, you can see the Roland Fantom 8 in front of Cale.
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Discography
Vintage Violence
1970
Church of Anthrax
1971
The Academy in Peril
1972
Fear
1974
June 1, 1974 (Live At The Rainbow Theatre / 1974)
1974
Honi Soit
1981
Artificial Intelligence
1985
Wrong Way Up
1990
Songs For Drella
1990
Words For The Dying
1992
Last Day On Earth
1994
Eat / Kiss: Music For The Films By Andy Warhol
1997
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