Ace Tone

An Ace Tone Mighty-5 Amplifier

Ace Electronic Industries Inc., or Ace Tone was a manufacturer of musical instruments, including electronic organs and analogue drum machines, and effects pedals. Founded in 1960 by Ikutaro Kakehashi with an investment by Sakata Shokai, Ace Tone can be considered an early incarnation of the Roland Corporation, which was also founded by Kakehashi^[1]. Ace Tone began manufacturing amplifiers in 1963^[1].

Products

Organs

• Canary Organ S-2 (1962)
• Canary Organ S-3 (Three legs)
• Top-1 Organ (1968)
• Top-3 Organ (Phenix) (1965)
• Top-5 Organ
• Top-6 Organ (1971?)
• Top-7 Organ
• Top-8 Organ
• Top-9 Organ (1968)
• Top-4 Organ (Phenix)^{[citation needed]}
• GT-7 Organ (1971)

Organs (OEM)

• Technitone SX-610 (1963)
• A-122 Organ^{[citation needed]}
• B-422 Organ^{[citation needed]}
• C-422S Organ^{[citation needed]}

Synthesizers

• Multistrings SY-5
• PS-1000 Monosynth (1975)

Effects

• Analog Delay EH-50
• Analog Delay EH-100
• Echo Chamber EC-1
• Echo Chamber EC-10 Professional Echo
• Echo Chamber EC-20
• FUZZ/BOOSTER
• Fuzz Master FM-1
• Fuzz Master FM-2
• Fuzz Master FM-3
• Graphic Equalizer QH-100
• Stereo Phasor LH-100
• Twin Ace FW-1
• Wah Master WM-1

Drum Machines

• R1 Rhythm Ace (1964) ^[2]
• Rhythm Ace FR-1 ^[3]
• Rhythm Ace FR-2L
• Rhythm Ace FR-3 ^†
• Rhythm Ace FR-3S
• Rhythm Ace FR-4 ^*
• Rhythm Ace FR-6 (1974^{[citation needed]}) ⁺⁺
• Rhythm Ace FR-6P
• Rhythm Ace FR-6M ^*
• Rhythm Ace FR-7M
• Rhythm Producer FR-7L ^†
• Rhythm Producer FR-8L ^**
• Rhythm Ace FR-13
• Rhythm Producer FR-15 (1975)
• Rhythm Ace FR-20
• Rhythm Ace FR-30
• Rhythm Ace FR-60 (Floor type)
• Rhythm Ace FR-70 (Floor type)
• Rhythm FEVER FR-106 ⁺

 Note: In 70s, some models were also shipped from Multivox as OEM products. [3]

*:  Multivox model

**: Also shipped from Multivox

 Note: In mid 70s, 'ACE TONE' brand was taken over by Nihon Hammond. ^[4]

+:  Nihhon Hammond/Sakata Shoukai model.

++: Also shipped from Nihhon Hammond/Sakata Shoukai.

†:  Roland released improved model in 1972.

Amplifiers

Guitar Amplifiers

• Mini Ace (Combo)
• Solid Ace-1 (Combo)
• Solid Ace-2 (Combo)
• Solid Ace-3 (Head)
• Solid Ace-5 (Combo)
• Solid Ace-6 (Head)
• Solid Ace-7 (Combo)
• Solid Ace-8 (Head)
• Solid Ace-10 (Head)
• Fighter Amplifier
• Friend Ace AR-1
• Gut's Ace
• Duetta
• G-15 Guitar Amplifier (1977)
• GA-5S Cabinet

Tube Amplifiers

• Mighty-5 50Watt (Head)
• Rockey 15Watt 1x12 (Combo)
• Model-101 1x8 (Combo)
• Model-201 (Combo)
• Model-301 (Combo)
• Model-601 (Head)

Bass Amplifiers

• Bass-3 (Combo) Solid State
• Bass-6 (Head) Solid State
• Bass-9 (Head)
• B-50 ^[4]

Vocal Amplifiers/Channel Mixer

• VM-30 (Combo)
• Channel Mixer VM-80 Professional (Powered Mixer)
• VM-150 (Powered Mixer)

Other

• Tuning Gun

See also

• Roland Corporation
• Sakata Shokai
• Hammond Organ
• Peter Sorkin Music Company
• Multivox

External links

• ACE-TONE ARCHIVE PAGE - List of products and some corporate history.
• Combo Organ Heaven: Ace Tone - Profiles of organs and corporate history.
• Harmony Central: The Effects Database: Acetone - Reviews of Ace Tone effects pedals.
• ace-tone lh-100 stereo phasor - LH-100 Stereo Phasor photo and audio examples.
• effectsdatabase.com: Ace Tone WM-1 Wah Master.
• The Dave Howard Singers PAGE - A band that popularized the sound of the Acetone Top 5.

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} "Lifetime-Achievement-Award Mr. Ikutaro Kakehashi", Musikmesse International Press Award 2002, 2002, retrieved April 2, 2006
2. ^ In 1964, R-1 Rhythm Ace was exhibited on Summer NAMM, but not released.
   R-1 was not a drum machine precisely, but a manually operated electronic percussion. [1],[2]
3. ^ In 1967, FR-1 was introduced as option of Hammond organ.
4. ^ ^{a b} In mid 70s, 'ACE TONE' brand was taken over by Nihon Hammond, a joint enterprise of Hammond and Sakata Shokai.