It might be that we *whisper* sometimes give too much credit to music gear here at MusicRadar, and put it on pedestals reserved for human genre creators and influencers. However, there are many examples of studio gear that were released, and then used and abused to major effect, and it’s these that deserve more respect.
But we’re not talking about instruments, like when Chuck Berry (arguably) played the first rock riff on an electric guitar, or when Phuture invested not a lot of money in a TB-303, and pushed it to extremes to help invent dance music. No, those are way too famous and, frankly, sexy.
