User Guide / Owners Manual

ARTURIA – VOX Continental V – USER MANUAL 8
different drawbars.
In roughly 1967 Tom Jennings was fired from his own company after a buyout. He
then started up the Jennings Electronic Instruments (JEI) company and began
making his own organs again. These organs were based on the Continental 300
but further expanded with more drawbars on the upper manual, an expanded
percussion section, the addition of tremolo and spring reverb, as well as some tone
presets.
The sound of the VOX organs caught on fast and they became a staple of the
British invasion sound used by the Animals, The Beatles, The Zombies, and more.
1.1.2.2 Physical features: what a looker!
Few keyboards have a design as immediately recognized as the VOX
Continental. Its distinctive shape and unique color schemes set it apart from any
other portable organ.
Two views of the VOX Continental I