Jim Dunlop yog ib tug kws tshaj lij Asmeskas-Scottish thiab tus tsim ntawm Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc., ib lub chaw tsim khoom ntawm cov khoom siv suab paj nruag thiab cov teebmeem units.
Raws li nyob rau hauv Benicia, California, Dunlop pib nws lub tuam txhab nyob rau hauv 1965 raws li ib tug me me lub tsev lag luam.
Niaj hnub no, nws tau loj hlob mus rau hauv cov chaw tsim khoom loj ntawm cov khoom siv suab paj nruag, ua tsaug rau Dunlop qhov kev yuav khoom ntawm cov npe nrov xws li Quaj Ntsuag Menyuam, MXR thiab Way Loj.
Introduction
James C. Dunlop, feem ntau hu ua Jim Dunlop, yog ib tus neeg ua lag luam tshiab thiab tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo uas tau pab tsim lub neej yav tom ntej ntawm suab paj nruag los ntawm kev tsim thiab kev loj hlob ntawm qee yam ntawm nws cov khoom lag luam tshaj plaws. Nws nrhiav tau Dunlop Manufacturing, Inc., nyob rau hauv 1965 nrog lub hom phiaj los ua kom cov suab paj nruag nkag mus rau txhua theem ntawm cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag. Los ntawm nws qhov kev tsim kho tshiab ntawm "crybaby" wah-wah pedal rau nws cov kab tag nrho ntawm cov neeg saib xyuas, cov hlua, thiab lwm yam khoom siv - Dunlop cov khoom tau dhau los ua cov khoom tseem ceeb hauv ntau tus kws tshaj lij guitarists 'rigs. Hauv tsab xov xwm no peb yuav tshawb xyuas leej twg Jim Dunlop yog leej twg thiab nws ua tiav dab tsi rau suab paj nruag ua ntej nws dhau xyoo 2013 thaum muaj hnub nyoog 80 xyoo.
Early neej
Jim Dunlop, lub npe tiag tiag James D. Dunlop Jr., yug thaum Lub Xya Hli 9th, 1942, hauv Edinburgh, Scotland. Nws tau loj hlob hauv tsev neeg suab paj nruag, nrog nws niam ua tus kws qhia piano, thiab nws txiv yog jazz trumpeter. Loj hlob tuaj, Jim tau nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm cov suab paj nruag thiab nws yog qhov chaw no uas yuav ua rau nws txoj haujlwm zoo.
Tsev Neeg Background
James Dunlop yug rau lub Yim Hli 29th, 1958 hauv Glasgow, Scotland. Nws yog tus hlob ntawm peb tus tub yug los rau nws niam nws txiv, William thiab Esther Dunlop. Nws txiv muaj lub khw muag ntses thiab chips thaum nws niam yog tus ua tsev. Jim muaj ob tug kwv tij, Michael thiab Brian; ob leeg tau mob siab rau suab paj nruag nyiam lawv cov kwv tij laus.
Jim tau mus kawm Robert Gordon Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv hauv Aberdeen ua ntej mus kawm hauv University of Stirling mus kawm ntxiv txog kev tswj hwm kev lag luam. Thaum nws tseem hluas nws pib nthuav tawm qhov kev txaus siab rau cov suab paj nruag uas tsis ntev dhau los ua nws lub zog tsav hauv lub neej. Nyob rau hauv tsev kawm ntawv nws tau ntaus ntses bass thaj tsam nrog ntau lub blues bands thiab tsim kev sib raug zoo nrog lwm tus neeg hu nkauj nyob ib ncig ntawm nws - ib txhia ntawm lawv mus ua lag luam kev vam meej.
Jim txoj hauj lwm suab paj nruag sai sai tau tawm thaum nws tau txais txoj hauj lwm khiav Rosetti Music's G&L (Guitars & Longhorns) division, uas tsim cov amplifiers thiab nrov nrov rau cov tuam txhab suab paj nruag xws li Marshall Amplification thiab Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC). Lub sijhawm no Jim tau txais kev paub txog kev tsim cov teebmeem guitar pedals nrog rau guitars lawv tus kheej - thaj tsam ntawm kev txawj ntse uas nws thiaj li tau txais nws qhov chaw hauv keeb kwm pob zeb 'n' yob thaum nws nrhiav tau nws lub tuam txhab "Jim Dunlop Manufacturing Inc" (JDM) hauv Xyoo 1965.
Education
Jim Dunlop yug hauv Glasgow, Scotland xyoo 1948. Nws muaj kev txaus siab rau engineering, uas tom qab ntawd nws tau kos rau ib zaug nws pib nws txoj haujlwm ua suab paj nruag innovator. Tom qab tawm hauv tsev kawm ntawv, nws tau mus kawm hauv University of Strathclyde hauv Glasgow los kawm txog tshuab engineering, kawm tiav nrog kev qhuas tom qab plaub xyoos ntawm kev kawm.
Dunlop tom qab ntawd koom nrog Bassoon Industrial Company Ltd. qhov uas nws tau siv nws daim ntawv kawm tiav los tsim cov cuab yeej thiab cov khoom lag luam rau kev ua liaj ua teb. Xyoo 1972, Dunlop tau muaj txoj haujlwm nyob ze Corby Trouser Press thiab tsiv mus rau Paisley; coj lub luag haujlwm ntawm tus pab tsim engineers nyob rau ntawd, nws pib sim nrog cov tswv yim tsim rau cov twj paj nruag thiab cov khoom siv ntxiv. Nws thawj invention yog ib qho kev txhim kho guitar tuav tuav; qhov no tau dhau los ua lub npe hu ua "Tortex" xaiv thiab tseem nrov ntawm cov guitarists tau ntau xyoo kom txog rau thaum nws tau txiav tawm xyoo 2020.
Career
Jim Dunlop yog tus tsim kho tshiab hauv ntiaj teb suab paj nruag, txuas ntxiv cov tswv yim muaj tswv yim nrog kev txawj ntse los tsim cov khoom tshwj xeeb. Nws pib nws txoj hauj lwm hauv suab paj nruag los ntawm kev tsim ib tug series ntawm pickups thiab pedals uas hloov lub suab ntawm hluav taws xob guitar. Nws cov qauv tsim tshiab tau coj los ua ke cov suab nrov classic thiab niaj hnub thev naus laus zis nrog rau kev tsom mus rau qhov zoo. Nws txoj hauj lwm pab tsim lub suab ntawm cov suab paj nruag niaj hnub.
Thaum Ntxov Kev Ua Haujlwm
Jim Dunlop tau lees paub dav dav rau nws txoj haujlwm hauv kev lag luam suab paj nruag, los ntawm kev tsim thiab tsim cov khoom siv kos npe kos npe ntawm cov khoom siv suab paj nruag los tswj cov pab pawg loj. Tab sis ua ntej tag nrho cov ntawd, Jim Dunlop tau dhau los ntawm ib lub sijhawm ntawm kev kawm thiab hwm nws cov khoom siv tes ua.
Yug hauv Paisley, Scotland, Dunlop tau tsim kev nyiam suab paj nruag thaum nws tseem hluas - nkag mus rau hauv kev sib tw ntawm Young Scottish Music Festival thaum nws muaj hnub nyoog 11 xyoos xwb. Nws tau mus kawm University of Strathclyde hauv Glasgow qhov chaw uas nws tau txais kev qhia hauv hluav taws xob engineering, tom qab ntawd hloov mus rau Heriot-Watt University kom tiav nws daim ntawv kawm tiav.
Tom qab kawm tiav tsev kawm ntawv qib siab nrog Honors degree thiab mus ua haujlwm ua suab paj nruag ntawm BBC Radio Scotland, Dunlop nws thiaj li qhib nws lub khw kho suab paj nruag thiab amplifiers hu ua VIP Sound Services. Lub sijhawm no nws tau kos nws txoj kev paub hauv tsev kawm ntawv nrog rau kev paub dhau los ntawm cov kws kho cov kws tshaj lij thoob plaws Tebchaws Europe thiab Nyij Pooj kom tau txais cov txuj ci tshiab uas yuav tsim lub hauv paus rau cov khoom tuaj tom qab - tshwj xeeb tshaj yog thaum Dunlop pib tshwj xeeb hauv kev tsim kev cai guitar cuam tshuam pedals rau cov neeg siv khoom xws li cov tswv cuab ntawm U2, Deep Purple thiab Pink Floyd bands.
Dunlop Manufacturing Co
Jim Dunlop nrhiav tau Dunlop Manufacturing Company nyob rau hauv 1965. Nyob rau hauv Benicia, California, lub hom tsim kev cai pwm ntawm Dunlop lub loj-tsim guitar picks thiab straps. Cov khoom siv no tau nrov heev uas lawv tau raug hu ua ib qho ntawm Cov Khoom Uas Zoo Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij Tshaj Lij los ntawm Rhythm Magazine hauv xyoo 2006. Tom qab qhov kev vam meej thawj zaug, Jim txuas ntxiv nthuav dav lub tuam txhab cov khoom muaj xws li cov hlua, hlua slides, capos, slides, amps thiab lwm yam teebmeem.
Dunlop kuj tau koom tes nrog qee tus kws ntaus nkauj zoo tshaj plaws hauv kev lag luam pob zeb xws li Jimi Hendrix thiab Kurt Cobain los tsim lawv tus kheej cov khoom kos npe. Qhov no tau ua tiav rau cov kws kos duab pom zoo thiab muab kev nkag mus rau cov khoom tshwj xeeb rau cov neeg siv khoom thoob ntiaj teb. Txog rau hnub no, JDMC tseem tsim cov khoom lag luam tshiab rau cov kws tshaj lij thiab cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag nyiam ib yam nkaus.
Ib cag los ntawm kev tsim cov khoom siv guitar, Jim Dunlop kuj tau ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws los ntawm Jim Dunlop Benevolence Fund uas lub hom phiaj siv suab paj nruag los ua tus neeg sawv cev rau kev hloov pauv hauv zej zog thoob plaws Asmeskas. Lub hauv paus muab cov ntaub ntawv kawm thiab cov cuab yeej siv rau cov menyuam yaus uas nyiam suab paj nruag tab sis tsis muaj peev xwm them taus; yog li muab ntau lub sijhawm rau menyuam yaus txoj kev loj hlob ntawm tus kheej los ntawm kev paub txog suab paj nruag.
legacy
Cov keeb kwm ntawm Jim Dunlop nyob rau niaj hnub no, raws li nws txoj haujlwm pioneering tau nthuav tawm los ntawm kev txhim kho hauv cov hlua, xaiv, thiab cov ntiv tes rau nws cov khoom tsim tau zoo tshaj plaws, MXR kab ntawm cov teebmeem pedals. Dunlop Manufacturing txuas ntxiv txhim kho txoj kev vam meej ntawm tus neeg tsim khoom tshiab cov khoom qub, thiab tso tawm cov khoom tshiab los ntxiv rau nws cov qauv tsim. Ntxiv nrog rau kev tsim cov pedals rau guitarists ntawm txhua qib, Jim Dunlop yog lub luag haujlwm los tsim qee cov cuab yeej zoo tshaj plaws thiab cov khoom siv rau cov bassists thoob plaws ntiaj teb.
Tshaj li tsim cov khoom lag luam rau cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag, Jim Dunlop tau muab rov qab rau kev lag luam uas tau ua rau nws ua tau zoo heev. Nws tau nquag muab kev txhawb nqa thiab kev kawm rau luthiers thiab cov kws kho cov cuab yeej siv thoob plaws hauv North America thiab Europe nrog rau cov rooj sib tham, kev ncig xyuas lub Hoobkas thiab cov khoom ua qauv qhia. Nws txoj kev mob siab rau nws tau txais nws cov khoom plig xws li tus kws kho mob tshwj xeeb los ntawm Berklee College of Music thiab inductions rau hauv Canadian Music Hall Of Fame thiab Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
Nrog rau keeb kwm yav dhau los ua tiav hauv kev siv tshuab suab paj nruag uas poob ntawm cov txheej txheem kev tsim vaj tsev thiab kev sim hluav taws xob, Jim Dunlop tau tso lub cim tsis tuaj yeem ntawm cov neeg ntaus guitar thoob ntiaj teb ua ntej nws tuag hauv 2009-thiab dhau mus. Nyob rau hauv kev lees paub ntawm qhov kev ua haujlwm zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev siv tshuab suab paj nruag, Jim Dunlop tau txais kev qhuas qhuas los ntawm Guitar Player magazine uas tau luam tawm ib tsab xov xwm qhuas txog nws txoj haujlwm tsis ntev tom qab nws tuag. Txog rau hnub no ob tus kws tshaj lij cov kws ua yeeb yam uas tau ua tiav kev lag luam zoo nrog rau cov neeg nyiam ua si txhua lub hnub qub tseem tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm nws cov suab paj nruag tsim uas tau txhawb lub neej txij li thaum lawv pib ntau dua plaub xyoos dhau los.
Kev koom tes loj rau Suab paj nruag
Jim Dunlop yog tus neeg tseem ceeb hauv kev lag luam suab paj nruag, hloov pauv qhov kev ua si nrog nws cov khoom tsim thiab cov khoom lag luam. Nws inventions thiab creations revolutioned txoj kev peb xav txog thiab cuam tshuam nrog cov twj paj nruag peb ua si. Nws cov khoom tau dhau los ua cov cuab yeej tseem ceeb rau ntau tus kws tshaj lij thiab cov neeg nyiam ua suab paj nruag ib yam nkaus. Cia peb saib qee qhov kev koom tes loj tshaj plaws uas nws tau ua rau suab paj nruag.
Kev loj hlob ntawm Wah-Wah Pedal
Xyoo 1967, Jim Dunlop tau tso tawm thawj Clyde McCoy Cry Baby Wah-Wah Pedal, uas tau muaj kev cuam tshuam loj hauv kev lag luam. Los ntawm kev siv thev naus laus zis hauv suab paj nruag, nws qhib lub suab tshiab thiab cov tswv yim uas tau txais los ntawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam ntawm txhua yam.
Lub tswv yim rau lub pedal yog yug los ntawm Rodney Mullen cov txheej txheem hais lus bass thaj tsam los ntawm nws hits zoo li Fats Domino's "Tsis yog Qhov txaj muag" thiab pib pom ntau dua thaum Jimi Hendrix nrov lub suab siv Dunlop Wah-Wah Pedal. Lub tuam txhab tau txais los ntawm Dunlop Manufacturing hauv 1967, uas tau koom nrog lawv tus kheej kev tsim kho tshiab xws li roj teeb lub neej ntev thiab muaj tseeb bypass hloov mus rau hauv lawv cov qauv ntawm cov pedal.
Kev taw qhia ntawm lub pedal no tau tso cai rau amps los tsim ntau yam kev txhawb nqa thiab kev cuam tshuam guitar tsis muaj zog nws lub suab. Cov neeg yuav khoom tuaj yeem hloov pauv ntawm cov suab nrov thiab kev txiav txim siab nrog qhov yooj yim stomp ntawm ko taw, ua rau lawv cov kev ua yeeb yam nyob tau ntau yam dua li yav dhau los.
Ntau lwm yam kev cuam tshuam pedals tau tsim los ntawm lub tswv yim no - phasers, flangers, pitch shifters - ua rau muaj kev muaj tswv yim ntau dua hauv kev tsim suab paj nruag uas tseem tab tom kawm thiab tshawb nrhiav niaj hnub no. Lub Wah-Wah Pedal txuas ntxiv siv los ntawm cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag thoob plaws txhua hom nrog rau ntau yam kev cuam tshuam pedals nruab nrog ntau lub suab uas ntxiv kev ntxhib los mos rau txhua tus neeg taug qab lossis kev ua haujlwm.
Taw qhia ntawm Cry Baby Pedal
Jim Dunlop tej zaum paub zoo tshaj plaws rau nws qhov kev tsim ntawm Cry Baby, wah-wah pedal rau hluav taws xob guitar. Cov nyhuv tau siv ua ntej, tab sis nws lub tshuab hluav taws xob wah-wah tsim tau zoo heev ntawm cov khoom siv qub qub. Nws tau tsim lub pedal hauv kev tshawb nrhiav rau lub suab nrov dua thiab ruaj khov dua li tam sim no muaj. Nws sai sai tau nrov nrog cov pob zeb thiab funk guitarists ib yam nkaus, thiab dhau los ua ib feem tseem ceeb ntawm ntau lwm yam suab paj nruag xws li tus ntsuj plig thiab kev nyuaj siab. Txog niaj hnub no, Cry Baby tseem yog ib qho ntawm cov cim tseem ceeb tshaj plaws ntawm kev ua lag luam thiab tau siv ntau cov ntaub ntawv sau tseg los ntawm cov kws ntaus suab paj nruag legendary thiab bands thoob ntiaj teb. Yog tsis muaj cov khoom siv hloov pauv no, nws nyuaj rau xav txog qee yam ntawm cov nkauj no tau tsim. Ntxiv nrog rau nws qhov kev ua tau zoo tshaj plaws ntawm kev siv technology, Jim Dunlop kuj tau pab txhawb kev txhim kho kev siv tshuab ua si zoo siab thiab ua haujlwm ntev nrog cov ntaub ntawv nylon; ob qhov kev tsim kho tshiab uas txuas ntxiv cuam tshuam rau guitarists niaj hnub no.
Kev tsim kho ntawm MXR Effects pedals
Nyob rau hauv 1972, Jim Dunlop tau tibneeg hu tauj coob tsim teebmeem pedals rau tshuab raj. Nws qhov kev tsim kho, MXR Dyna Comp Pedal, yog thawj tus tsim khoom tsim tawm ntawm nws hom thiab tso cai rau cov kws ntaus nkauj tuaj yeem ntxiv cov suab nrov rau lawv lub suab thaum ua si. Thawj qhov kev khiav tsuas yog muaj 5 cov txiaj ntsig versions; Flanger, Reverb, Delay / Echo, Phase Shifter thiab Distortion. Nws revolutionized guitar solos los ntawm kev tso cai rau tus ntaus guitar kom tswj lawv lub suab zoo dua thaum ua si raws li lawv muaj kev tswj hwm ntau dua.
Cov nto moo tshaj plaws nyob rau lub sijhawm yog tus qauv pedal hu ua MXR-107 Phase 90 uas nws thiaj li dhau los ua tus qauv kev lag luam siv thoob plaws hauv kev ua yeeb yam thiab studio kaw. Qhov no tau cim qhov kev txhawb nqa tseem ceeb rau kev tsim suab paj nruag uas tau dhau los ntawm ntau tiam neeg thiab txuas ntxiv ua suab paj nruag niaj hnub no hauv ob qho tib si muaj tswv yim siv xws li cov suab nrov tshwj xeeb rau kev hloov pauv distortion pedals siv hauv cov suab paj nruag hlau. Kev cuam tshuam ntawm MXR cuam tshuam pedals ntawm pob zeb thiab hlau suab paj nruag yog qhov tsis muaj tseeb vim nws tau tso qhov kev xav ntawm kev lag luam hluav taws xob nrov rau ntau xyoo lawm.
xaus
Nyob rau hauv xaus, Jim Dunlop yog ib tug visionary nyob rau hauv lub suab paj nruag ntiaj teb no uas revolutionized txoj kev guitarists ua si. Nws cov khoom tshiab tau siv ntau lub guitar rigs thoob plaws hauv lub xyoo thiab lawv tau coj pob zeb thiab yob mus rau qib tshiab. Nws lub npe nrov hauv ntiaj teb yuav nyob twj ywm muaj npe nrov hauv zej zog suab paj nruag rau xyoo tom ntej, thiab nws tau ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam ntev rau tsis yog guitarists nkaus xwb tab sis txhua tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag.
Kuv yog Joost Nusselder, tus tsim ntawm Neaera thiab tus neeg lag luam cov ntsiab lus, txiv, thiab nyiam sim cov cuab yeej tshiab nrog guitar ntawm lub siab ntawm kuv txoj kev mob siab rau, thiab ua ke nrog kuv pab neeg, Kuv tau tsim cov ntsiab lus ntawm blog txij li xyoo 2020. los pab cov neeg nyeem siab ncaj nrog cov ntaub ntawv kaw lus thiab cov lus qhia guitar.
