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This article does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2008) Del Casher Birth name Delton Kacher Born Hammond, Indiana, US Occupations Musician, Composer, Inventor Instruments Guitar, Banjo Website www.delcasher.com Del Casher (born Delton Kacher) is an American guitarist and inventor. His many innovations include the Wah-wah pedal, which changed the course of rock and roll, the Ecco-Fonic, and later the solid state Fender Electronic Echo Chamber. He was the first to introduce the [[Roland Guitar synthesizer for the Roland Corporation, founder Ikutaro Kakehashi, Because of Del Casher, the movie music for the film SHAFT by Isaac Hayes as well as music by Jimi Hendrix and Frank Zappa has been a huge success. When Thomas Organ Co acquired the Vox amplifier name in the mid 1966's from Jennings Music Instruments of the UK, Del was the guitarist and consultant and performed with the Vox Amplifonic Big Band in California. The brilliant solid state engineering staff at Thomas Organ headed by Stan Cutler assigned Brad Plunkett to re design and convert the UK Vox amplifier into the new US Vox solid state amplifier. To save costs, Vox requested to have the Dick Denny Mid Range Boost switch from the UK be redesigned into a variable tone control. Del immediately recognized as he moved the tone control from left to right on the amlifier, it created a "wah" sound similar to a harmonica player cupping his hands around the microphone and harmonica. This was the new sound for guitar that Del was looking for. It created a new voice for his guitar and the importance for the guitar to have a wah wah to express the bluesy feeling using the guitar. This variable tone control was intended to be used in the new Vox solid state amplifiers to save costs for the new solid state Vox Amplifier. Del immediately asked the engineering team to have a breadboard with that circuit installed into a Vox organ volume pedal. This enabled Del to play his guitar while moving the pedal with a wah wah to express the blues. The problem was with the rich harmonics of the guitar, the circuit was too harsh in the bright position and too muddy to the mellow position. Del with the aid the Vox engineering staff modified the Dick Denny MRB into a smooth rich wah wah that was very musical, similar to a trumpet wah mute. Vox saw no use for a wah sound for the guitar but rather for the electric trumpet. Vox agreed to have Del compose and release a record dated feb 1967 using his custom wah wah pedal. He was the first to play and introduce the wah wah guitar on the Vox Demo Wah record that introduced a "new sound" that changed the world of music. Universal Pictures immediately hired Del in February 1967 as featured artist on 3 movies using his prototype designed wah wah pedal for "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken", "Shakiest Gun in the West" and "Traveling Saleslady." Immediately MGM hired Del to play his prototype wah wah on the Tony Curtis film "Don't Make Waves". Del is the first person to have recorded the wah wah sound and is the pioneer inventor of the wah wah for the guitar. Vox tried to promote the electric trumpet as a wh wah device using the original circuit but was unsuccessful. Today you hear the Wah-Wah pedal played in every medium of music. NBC [Los Angeles]] featured for the past 20 years Del Casher’s guitar playing music. NBC News Center 4. It has played as “NBC Nightly News” theme every night for 18 years before the Johnny Carson Show and is the longest running TV news theme. Del, an alumnus of the University of Pittsburgh, majored in communications. He received a scholarship while performing as a solo artist with a college performing arts group that featured European musical cultures. After college, he moved to Hollywood CA and was invited to perform as the guitar and banjo soloist on the Lawrence Welk TV show. He immediately joined The Three Suns, RCA record artists and well known for their hit theme [[Twilight Time (song)|Twilight Time] among many other albums they released. While on tour for their album "The Three Suns in Japan" he was the featured artist introducing his new invention the Ecco Fonic, a tape echo device that was portable and could create echo that only recording studios could create using expensive tape machines. He introduced his invention on stage to the Japanese audiences during their tour of Japan. At that time he became a friend with Ikutaro Kakehashi, who later became the founder of the Roland Music Corporation of Japan. Later Mr. Kakehashi, as chairman of Roland, invited Del to Japan to perform and introduce the first Roland guitar synthezier. Del became a recording artist for Japan Victor and later on Japan's Union Records as a featured artist on more than 16 hit albums. At that time Del was a much sought after studio guitarist in Hollywood and performed on TV with everyone from Gene Autry's Melody Ranch to appearing with Frank Zappa's early days (1966) as featured guitarist with Frank's MOTHER'S OF INVENTION. He also produced with Frank Zappa the recording of "Space Boy" using creative sounds like from outer space with his EccoFonic tape echo device. Paramount Pictures picked Del to appear with Elvis Presley in his movie Roustabout. Elvis liked Del’s guitar playing so much he invited Del to join his friends for future engagements. Del was then contracted and appeared on Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch TV show. Del was a much sought after studio guitarist who recorded with artists as, The Fifty Guitars of Tommy Garrett, Eddy Arnold, Connie Francis, Bobby Vinton, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Buddy Rogers, Bob Hope, Peggy Lee, Buddy Ebsen, Donald O'Connor, Rodd Keith, Danny Thomas, Burt Bacharach, Motown record hits, Ray Conniff Orchestra, Sonny and Cher and his friend Lawrence Welk. Hired on as Music Director for the children’s TV hit show “The New Zoo Revue.” Del produced over 200 shows. Produced over 200 children’s music educational and dance albums for Activity Records of New York. Del’s music is heard in public schools featuring Hap Palmer and other teaching programs. Del recently composed a classical work in three movements: Americana Suite for Orchestra. He is producer of the Japanese TV anime shows, in English, “Love Hina,” “Tenchi Muyo,” and “Sakura Wars.” Del Casher also maintains his reputation as a fine live player. He recently played a series of small gigs in London and the south of England. Backed by The Delstars of London and members of The Lotus Pedals Del played his own compositions, material from The Three Suns and the music he made popular. This article has not been added to any categories. Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles. (August 2010)