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Hohner HFX - circa 2002 A six string acoustic guitar crafted by the Hohner Guitar company that is equipped with an active piezo
pickup and DSP based effects processor and modeler built into the body of the guitar. Sounds great, eats batteries like a Hummer drinks gas. |
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Hohner Jack - circa 1986 A headless six string electric guitar crafted by the Hohner Guitar company built using a licensed
Steinberger bridge with the tuning machines on the end of the bridge. Three pickup design including one humbucker near the bridge, each individually selectable and with an extra internal passive circuit that
provides "Claim Blend Sound," an alternate coloring for the humbucker pickup. Awsome sustain, stays in tune forever. |
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Ibanez Bass Guitar - circa 1983 Standard four string bass guitar crafted by Ibanez to cover the bass-ics.
Straighforward and sound design, this guitar has seen more than twenty years of playing and looks like it will go another twenty. |
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Hammond Organ - Porta-B - circa 1970 A Hammond organ you can actual lug around. Two register design with full sets of draw bars
and bass pedals provides the classic Hammond sound. The Porta-B separates into two sections, the top and the bottom for transport. Although it is still quite a lug and each half weighs enough to
require two healthy adults to provide the locomotion. |
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Leslie Model 760 Cabinet - circa 1973 CBS vintage Leslie speaker for the Hammond that incorporates all solid state design
(Tubeless!) Dual speed motor control and external foot control and pre-amp unit allows for it to be used directly with the Porta-B or with other instruments such as guitar. A classic
and unmistakable sound thanks to the rotating speakers within. |
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Fender Rhodes Stage 88 - circa 1981 The first keyboard on a long strange trip into the world of electronic instruments. Classic
sound, action so heavey that if you can play this rig, you can play any piano ever built. Amazing passive electronic design uses magnetic pickup coils on tuning fork like tuned-tines. Like
an electric guitar you jsut plug it into the amp or mixer and go! |
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Yamaha DX7IIFD - circa 1987 The defacto electronic keyboard / workstation for the 1980's that utilizes FM synthesis, this one was
modified with Grey Matter's E! upgrade to provide octal multi-timbrel operations and an internal sequencer. Excellent action as the keyboard is weighted and set with an action that plays more
like a piano and less like a synthesizer of its era. |
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Proteus MPS - circa 1990 Amazing multi-timbral wave synthesis workstation that includes a wide range of orchestral patches in additional
to a deep palette of stereo sounds. Very realistic strings and woodwinds that really grab the listener. With over 300 patches in memory it presents the danger of having to try every single one
whenever you sit down to play it. |
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Roland Octapad II - circa 1986 An amazing paradigm shift in the sonic arts. A MIDI pad controller that is nicely touch
sensitive and very programable and supports external drum triggers. It gets used with drum mahcins and all of the keyboards in a lot of different ways. The greatest thing is that anyone can play
it well at first try. |
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Alesis HR-16 - circa 1986 The first drum machine to utilize high-resolution wave sample sysnthesis. This machine uses 16 bit
samples (huge for its day) and has four independent output channels wherein each sample of 16 active voices can be panned across any or all of the four output channels. The SR-16 unit (its brother) is
still sold today. |
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The Beast - circa 2004 Drums, Drums, Drums, more Drums. Can have enough drums, BIG DRUMS. Loud Drums,
pa-rum-pa-pa-rum! This was the summer project for Beat The Heat 2004, a summer drum circle party. |
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