ARP Avatar

The ARP Avatar is a monophonic guitar synthesizer produced by ARP Instruments, beginning in 1977.

Mike Rutherford is a notable user of the ARP Avatar. He first used it on Genesis' ...And Then There Were Three album & and tour in 1978, liking it for its hexaphonic fuzz sound. He continued to use it for subsequent Genesis albums and tours up until their 1983 self-titled album - except that around the time of Abacab, he seemed to prefer the Roland GR-500 more. Examples of the Avatar include "Man Of Our Times", which has a Fender Stratocaster doubled with the synth. Mike's Stratocasters also had Avatar pickups fitted to them to control the synth.

Sounds-wise, he had two oscillators on the Avatar with slight modulation (but tuned to the same tunings as the guitar), and this sound he used on the "Duke's Travels" solo.