Jack White's Keyboards and Synthesizers

Used on "Icky Thump", as stated by mix engineer Joe Chiccarelli to Sound on Sound and Mix Online (both October 2007). After years of the particular model being unspecified, the synth was featured in this April 15, 2019 Instagram post by The Raconteurs, which revealed that White purchased the instrument at Bungalow Bill's Music Store.

Sound on Sound October 2007

“The synthesizer was an old 1959 Univox that he found in New Zealand. It’s a suitcase synth with a speaker built into it, no DI. It’s very reedy, very mid-rangy, and it sounded so good in the room that the ambience you hear on it is just the room ambience."

Mix Online October 1, 2007

While the Stripes sound has its foundation in a guitar and drum combination, there were a handful of songs on Icky Thump that included some new instrument choices. For instance, the title track features a vintage Univox synthesizer that Jack White purchased in New Zealand. The keyboard doesn’t have a direct out like most keyboards; it has a built in speaker, so Chiccarelli put an 87 about five feet away from it. “It had so much personality that you didn’t want to put a mic inches away from it — you really wanted to capture how it sounded in the room.”

@theraconteurs Instagram, April 15, 2019

Jack reunites with the man who sold him the Univox Synthesizer that Jack used with The White Stripes on the song Icky Thump. #theraconteurs #jackwhite #univoxsynth #bungalowbillsmusicstore

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Jack White can be seen with a Moog Little Phatty at 1:12 and 2:14 in this live performance of "Icky Thump" by The White Stripes.

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Jack White commissioned the B3 GUYS for custom Hammond A-100 Organ and Leslie 3300 during the 2007 White Stripes World Tour.

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Used on "I'm Slowly Turning Into You" and "You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do What You're Told)", as stated by recording and mixing engineer Joe Chiccarelli in this October 1, 2007 Mix Online interview.

A pair of songs — “I'm Slowly Turning Into You” and “You Don't Know What Love Is (You Just Do as You're Told)” — show off Jack White's B3 talents. Chiccarelli miked the B3's Leslie with a tube U47 on the bottom and a pair of KM84s on top. He also had a U67 in the room to capture some of the organ's ambience. “Sometimes we took a direct out of the organ and sent that through a guitar amp to get a little more edge and bite,” he adds.

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In a live performance of "My Doorbell" by The White Stripes at Rock Am Ring in 2007, Jack White can be seen using a Wurlitzer, not a Fender Rhodes Mark I Stage 73, as previously mentioned.

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Jack White played a Wurlitzer 200A during The White Stripes' live performance of "My Doorbell" at Rock Am Ring in 2007, as seen in the YouTube video.

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Jack White is using the Septavox in this video at 3:33 https://youtu.be/QClzlZTXj4Y?t=3m33s

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Jack White is using the Akai MPC 500 at 3:43 in the teaser video of his third album https://youtu.be/QClzlZTXj4Y?t=3m43s.

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"Detroit’s famous duo features Stylophone sounds throughout the song 'Icky Thump,' the title track of their 2007 album. The track showcases the Stylophone with a wild and dissonant solo. Always a fan of retro musical instruments, Jack White is also credited for playing the Stylophone on the album Consolers of The Lonely by the Raconteurs."

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Jack White can be seen playing a Fender Rhodes Piano Bass at 1:17 in this video.

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At 1:58, Jack is seen using a Roland Juno-60.

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"Korg CX-3 Electric Keyboard with Metal Equipment Case "A nifty lil’ Korg keyboard that was used live onstage by the White Stripes and still has the badass red-and-white road case to prove it. Is the Korg what Meg used when she played keys on ‘In the Cold, Cold Night’? Surely someone here knows the answer. This one has also been used in subsequent touring configurations since the White Stripes, easily noted by the Raconteurs logo sticker on the case. Additionally, this keyboard is actually painted White Stripes ‘red’ and was taped over with black tape once brought into the Raconteurs fold. How badass is that? Used live, in Europe, for both the White Stripes AND the Raconteurs. You’re welcome. A slick sounding instrument in and of itself without any of the historic connection or provenance. You seriously cannot go wrong owning this thing. It will change your life and most likely for the better. NOTE: British 220v power! This will not plug right into your American wall outlet, lest you wanna blow up the neighborhood.""

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