When I was 7, my grandmother bought me a subscription to games magazine. Most of the puzzles were too hard for me, but I always liked the game where you had to figure out what was in the photos from close-up images. So here we go…
HOW TO PLAY
1. Name the gear (instrument/type, manufacturer, model) shown in the photo
2. Mail your answers to copernicus07-namethatgear at yahoo dot com by 11:59pm Eastern, Saturday, August 2.
SCORING
4 points possible per photo (100 points total possible).
* 1 pt for the instrument or general category of piece of gear (e.g. compressor, violin, computer)
* 1 pt for the brand or manufacturer (e.g. Peavy, Stradivarius, Macintosh)
* 2 pts for the name of the specific item (e.g. Peavy VC/L-2, 1846 Stradivarius, Macintosh G5)
If you’ve spent more than 2 hours in my studio and your name begins with J, you will be given an automatic 25-point handicap, but you are still qualified to play. If you have spent more than 2 hours in my studio and your name begins with another letter, you will receive a handicap at my discretion.
Winner gets praise and glory and maybe a prize.
Answers and winners will be announced next weekend. Hints may appear in comments if I decide certain photos are too difficult or obscure. Multiple entries will be accepted.
Item 1 [hint: brand name begins with V]
Item 2 
Item 3
Item 4
Item 5 [hint: three letter manufacturer. **-48]
Item 6
Item 7
Item 8
Item 9
Item 10
Item 11
Item 12
Item 13
Item 14 [looking for the items that are NOT the bell & howell speaker or the kustom amp in this image. hint: custom made circa 1972]
Item 15 [hint: distributed by a two-letter company and guitar center]
Item 16
Item 17
Item 18
Item 19
Item 20
Item 21
Item 22
Item 23
Item 24
Item 25
Bonus Item [hint: i don't even know what this is, exactly, but it came from NASA circa 1975]
item 17 could be a tascam mixer?
if that is your entry, heidi, i will dutifully record it and post your score next sunday.
I’ve sent in my answers. fun game.
I think I spent twenty minutes in the studio so I guess I qualify except that I’m not the gearhead you’re looking for. I think I could rack up a lot of 1 pointers but I don’t have any luck in emailing you – at least I’ve never received a response so I’ll pass.
wednesday, really? i suspect that might be because i never check my gmail. i’m sorry!
i’m not intentionally not responding! plus, i set up a special address just for this game.
That’s okay – Wednesday is unlovable (sniff). Carry on. I don’t want to spoil the fun for everybody else.
I’ll be in the corner.
awww, c’mon, lovable cuddlable hugable wednesday. please play!
Wed, you can’t possibly be any less of a gearhead than me. I challenge you to a ‘less-of-a-gearhead’ er… challenge. right after the ‘less-vocabulary’ challenge.
yeah, maybe i’ll give an anti-gearhead prize for the musician with the worst score. good idea, anaconda.
alright alright I’m mailing my answers now but you better write me back!
wednesday has a commanding lead, but justin is a close second. with just a little bit of help from google, it could be anyone’s game.
I’m in. Answers emailed last night.
wow, chris. you have tied justin’s non-handicapped score, putting you in the lead now. very impressive. some of these things were gimmes. but you got a couple that no one else has gotten yet. it’s fun to see which people know the real instruments and which people know the electronic gear….
Booyah!
You went to Paramount studios and visited the Star Trek sets.
In all honesty, I recognized what many of the things are but had to google them to get the correct name…all except the______ and the _______. Those I have.
Ah, but which synth is more fun to program – the DX7 or the modular?
the modular, of course. but the best is programming them _together_.