Silver Raver
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What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
#585702 - 28/02/08 10:29 AM
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I think mine has to be my Roland drum machines...I don't own the "classic" machines
(808/909) though, I'm talking about the more cheesy home organ style beatboxes - TR77,
CR68, CR8000. Great big hulking beasts, that take up far too much studio space, but I
couldn't bear to get rid of 'em. What's yours ?
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585710 - 28/02/08 10:49 AM
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- Fairlight CMI Series II - Yamaha KX5 Sad fool who remembers the 80s that
I am ... 
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Guy7
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585723 - 28/02/08 11:24 AM
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Kurzweil Midiboard - Simply gorgeous
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Guy7
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585730 - 28/02/08 11:40 AM
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Oh.. forgot to add:- Mohair jumper - I too was Howard Jones. 
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feline1
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585734 - 28/02/08 11:48 AM
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I would say my Roland CR78, but it doesn't work well enough these days. So I
will go for my Octave Cat SRM (which Synth Repair Services have been modding to make even
mentaller 
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Silver Raver
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585737 - 28/02/08 11:51 AM
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"Fairlight CMI Series II" Mmm, lovely crunchy 8 bit :-)
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585756 - 28/02/08 12:17 PM
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Yamaha CX5M, Roland 100M.
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cfb4
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585761 - 28/02/08 12:22 PM
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Moog Source - an olde friend indeed
Thorens TD 124 and EMT 930 turntables
Gatex
gates - big drums in the Valley
dBx 163 compressor - compression AND make-up - on one
slider! Genius!
Marshall JMP and Vox AC 30 JMI - lotsa fun to be had with these
Akai S950 - mmmm
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585765 - 28/02/08 12:38 PM
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Atari/Notator
Yamaha TX81Z
Tascam DA20 MkII DAT
Sony Minidisc
Tascam
202 MkIII Cassette
Roland W30, U110 + cards, Expanded JV1080
The 1080 is
the only thing that ever gets any use (and that's not often), but I can't bear to part
with any of it. And I know I've got hundreds of tracks on old Notator files that I really
ought to transfer over to Logic. One day, perhaps...
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gazola11
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585772 - 28/02/08 12:41 PM
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On an episode of The Mighty Boosh they kept Gary Numan in a cupboard. That would be a
pretty cool item of "Vintage" gear.
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Zukan
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: ian stonehouse]
#585784 - 28/02/08 01:01 PM
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Quote ian stonehouse:
Yamaha
CX5M.
I had one of those.
Created some manic sounds with it.
My fav is my Fairlight 3, and if we
take synths out of the equation then the Hummel comp wins hands down.
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Selah Recording O.C....
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585810 - 28/02/08 01:50 PM
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Just to name a few; Ampex 2" 24 trk Analogue Tape recorder(which sounds so
big/huge/awesome),Manley ML-10 Studio Monitors(David Manley/Doug Sax Mastering Lab
creation),Soundcraft 6000 Analogue 52 input console,Martin 1937 D-28 Acoustic Guitar,1978
Vintage 50watt Marshall Amp w vintage 1960 Marshall 4/12 celestion 25 watt greenbacks in
cabinet,1975 Gibson Les Paul Custom,RCA DX-77 Ribbon Mic,Conn Strobe tuner 1978,Sequential
Circuits Prophet 5 Analogue Synth,Mini Moog Analogue Synth (the list goes on........)
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Dave B
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Zukan]
#585816 - 28/02/08 02:03 PM
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Quote ian stonehouse:
Yamaha
CX5M.
Funny enough, last
week I was having a think about trying to track one down via ebay, etc - I used to use one
when they were new and groovy (old codger that I am). Preferably with a full compliment of
cartridges... Could be kind of fun!
Quote ian stonehouse:
My fav is my Fairlight 3,
Now you're just showing off!! 
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585819 - 28/02/08 02:10 PM
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Effect = Roland SDE-2500 (12 bit but prefer it to any plugin I've tried) Synth
= Crumar DS2 (Bought for £50 - Owned it for about 20 years and still have hours of
fun.)
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Zukan
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
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#585847 - 28/02/08 03:09 PM
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Quote Dave B:
Now you're
just showing off!!
I'm very very
sorry.
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magicdog
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585862 - 28/02/08 03:31 PM
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1974 Korg DV800 synth and my Roland SDE1000 digital delay...loverly...
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leslawrenson
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585866 - 28/02/08 03:40 PM
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SC Prophet 5
Roland MKS80
LinnDrum LM2
Roland SH-101
Roland R5
Lexicon PCM60
Oberheim GM1000
Roland SDE2500
I would add my
Kurzweil K2000R, but I've only just acquired it, so it can't yet truly be considered a
favourite.
My favourite bit of gear at the moment is my V Synth XT, but as
it's not yet vintage, I can't include it.
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Peter Conz Connelly
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: magicdog]
#585869 - 28/02/08 03:41 PM
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Mine is my Fairlight Series III (rev 9.34). DAMN, hold on.. I just sold it a few months
ago. Missing it like CRAZY  Ok then... if I no longer have the Fairlight, it's probably a toss up between one of
these 4: Roland MKS80 Korg Poly 61M Roland JX8P Roland MKS50 I didn't realise so many of you owned a Fairlight. Are any of you a member of CMI
Yahoo Groups? I quite miss the Greg Holmes forums. Cheers, Peter
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Guy7
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585902 - 28/02/08 04:28 PM
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I need to find someone near me who has a Fairlight so I can have a try. I drooled over
them in the eighties along with keyboards like the Synclavier because they were so
expensive and so out of reach to most people. Are they still jaw-dropping good even by
todays standards?
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Guy7]
#585930 - 28/02/08 05:01 PM
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They have their 'sound' and character. I have never come across any piece of
gear that can truthfully replicate the Fairlight sound.
-------------------- Samplecraze
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Steve Hill
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585991 - 28/02/08 07:31 PM
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This stuff always gets stuck on keyboards. So I'll say my original 1960s LA4 compressor,
my 1970s handmade flamenco guitar (Vicente Sanchiz), my original '59 Gretsch Anniversary
and matching Gretsch valve combo amp, my three Neumann KM84 pencil mics and my three
original and restored U87s (not the inferior "Ai" newer models), and an assortment of tape
equipment from 2 to 24 tracks.
But the Hammond A100 is OK too, if we really
have to do keyboards!
These are all things that get regular use, not "glass
case" items. And they get used because they do the job.
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Crying Chic
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#585998 - 28/02/08 07:50 PM
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My Roland HS-60.
I've used it on about 70% of the tracks I've released. It's
mainly just used for base drones... But I love it.
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Peter Conz Connelly
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Zukan]
#586006 - 28/02/08 08:20 PM
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Quote Zukan:
They have their
'sound' and character.
I have never come across any piece of gear that can
truthfully replicate the Fairlight sound.
Same here, the sound is VERY special and truly unique. Sampling
the Fairlight sound and playing it back through Kontakt, for example, isn't the same
because of how the Fairlight pitches the sound... it's true, clock-driven sample-playback
speed change and not software re-sampling. Then there's the filters  Bah, I'm
beating myself up talking about it!!!
With regards to the Synclavier, AFAIK the
phat, chunky beautiful sound of this came about because of an electronics design error.
Peter
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Aliw
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586027 - 28/02/08 09:32 PM
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Akai XR10 drum machine
ART Multiverb LTX
Zoom 1204 rack multifx
Electro
Harmonix DRM16 drum machine
None of these probably count as classic or some not
even vintage, but I love them and can reach for them and get exactly what I want. My DAW
and 200 plugins can often have me running around in circles.
The 3 or 4
distortion programs on the Zoom are some of my favourite ever and I've never known anyone
else to even mention them.
:-)
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Original Jambo
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
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#586035 - 28/02/08 09:59 PM
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Out of all the 'boards I'd definitely say the PolySix, ESQ-1, CAT and Mono/Poly are the
real favourites.
Maybe when I get my Polivoks back I'll remember if it kicked
ass or not.
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The Elf
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586127 - 29/02/08 08:28 AM
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I've now pretty much reached the point where I wouldn't part with anything in my studio,
but the favourites would be: MiniMoog Moog Taurus Hammond T202 Roland CE1 chorus MXR Phase 100 Closely followed by: Oberheim
Xpander Sequential Pro-One Roland JP-8080 Roland MKS-80 ..and I
miss my MKS-70, which is still very ill indeed. Maybe time to scour eBay again.
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Zaxx
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586165 - 29/02/08 11:02 AM
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My Yamaha CS01, which I bought brand new in the 80s and have loved dearly ever since.
Recently brought out of semi-retirement to play bagpipe-like drones in my current band,
which is a kind of only-slightly-plugged-electro-folk-rock, er, thing. I get to wear it
like a keytar, too, 'cos of its strap buttons and placed-for-this-purpose bender and mod
wheels. Actually, this has just inspired another post...
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Peter Conz Connelly
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: The Elf]
#586223 - 29/02/08 01:35 PM
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Quote The Elf:
...and I miss my
MKS-70, which is still very ill indeed. Maybe time to scour eBay again.
I miss mine too, but sold it as I had
a JX-8P (with PG800) and needed the space. They're VERY similar sounding, but not exact.
Of course, the MKS is like having 2x JX-8P's
Cheers,
Peter
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ken long
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586230 - 29/02/08 01:50 PM
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Emu SP1200
Roland SH101
Musicaid Claptrap Handclap Synthesizer
Waldorf
Miniworks
Yamaha NS10s
Yamaha QY300
Yamaha TX7
DBX 100 "Boom Box" (the
original wood panel model)
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fingerpicker
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: ken long]
#586253 - 29/02/08 02:31 PM
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Vly
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586268 - 29/02/08 03:22 PM
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This is vintage favorites from my studio:
1-Fender Vibrosonic Reverb guitar amp
from '74,warm,creamy,softly jazzy sound-i love this one!After few chords from it's
15"speaker,i always feel better.
2-Fender Stratocaster '79,very god one,my
favorite guitar from young days.I will never sold this one.
3-Studiomaster
Trackmix 24-in very good condition,warm,musically eq,I like the sound from.
4-Arp Solus analog synth.What can i say,little toy for big boy,very good
condition,WARM,FAT,INSPIRATIVE! I'm happy with it!
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Jumpeyspyder
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: ken long]
#586284 - 29/02/08 04:03 PM
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Quote Ken Long:
Emu SP1200
Roland SH101
Musicaid Claptrap Handclap Synthesizer
Waldorf
Miniworks
Yamaha NS10s
Yamaha QY300
Yamaha TX7
DBX 100 "Boom Box" (the
original wood panel model)
sounds fun 
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Pashmina
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586567 - 01/03/08 03:49 PM
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Of the stuff I own, the Fender Chroma. It still sounds great and is still inspiring.
Like a couple of other people, I used to run a Yamaha CX5M, I had the composer
software with the music staves, the SFG05 synth board with editor and a floppy disc drive
- I got a lot of use out of it. I've thought about picking one up, but haven't because I
remember the sequencer having terrible laggy timing, and also because I have a Yamaha
FB01, which has the exact same tone generator in it that's in the CX5.
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SunShineState
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586586 - 01/03/08 05:16 PM
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Wurlitzer EP200a electric piano
Squier "JV"series jap strat
Roland U220
Casio CZ101
ESP Custom Strat
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fatbenelton
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
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#586823 - 02/03/08 07:48 PM
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I love my Pro-one. Having said that I may have voted for my late lamented SH101 if I still
had it! Not as much power but arguably more fun ......Pro one makes some amazing sounds
though (or should that be noise!)
Just got the Pro-One back this weekend after a bit
of TLC from James at Synth Repair Services. I know in this company I hardly need sing his
praises but for anybody looking for synth repairs etc, look no further!
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K2K Koos
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586834 - 02/03/08 08:21 PM
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didn't realize a K2000R would count as "vintage" already, but if it does, then I have
several items of similar age.
Among which:
-K2000RS (and now you know where my
username comes from :-) )
-Yamaha SY55
-Alesis Quadrasynth
-Korg Poly 800
(with inverted keyboard)
And of course, although not Vintage, but sounds like: my
MOTM modular synth.
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vetsdiggy
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
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#586841 - 02/03/08 08:58 PM
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yamaha rev7. love it
rhodes stage mk 1. love it
soundtracs megas
studio 40/24. love it
roland 101. squidgy. love it
juno 60. chorusy.
love it
i just generally love it all. vintage or not i'd hate to see any of my
stuff go, it all gets used!!
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LektroiD
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586851 - 02/03/08 09:42 PM
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Roland Juno 1
Roland U220
Jen SX1000
Korg DW8000
Korg M1
Kawai
K1r
Casio CZ1000
Casio VZ10m
Yamaha TX81z
Yamaha RY30
Yamaha
RX15
Akai XE8
Boss DR550
and my trusty old Seck 24/2 desk
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Original Jambo
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: fatbenelton]
#586867 - 02/03/08 10:33 PM
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Quote fatbenelton:
Just got the
Pro-One back this weekend after a bit of TLC from James at Synth Repair Services. I know
in this company I hardly need sing his praises but for anybody looking for synth repairs
etc, look no further!
Good
to hear he's got your Pro-One sorted. I hope he's pretty near starting my Polivoks...it's
been there since August sometime.
I guess you can't really rely on that damn Soviet technology. Sounds good though.
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fatbenelton
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Re: What's your favourite item / items of vintage gear, that you own ?
[Re: Silver Raver]
#586923 - 03/03/08 08:14 AM
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Yes, James had my Pro-one and Dw8000 for a good few months as well but it was worth the
wait!
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