Title: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 08:02:00 AM
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 08:02:00 AM
The emufest has re-fired my love of vintage electronica. I thought it would be interesting to show and tell our various bits of vintage gear.
This is my Yamaha PSS-50 keyboard. It's not supposed to be much more than a toy, but it's a polyphonic keyboard with a good range of tones and nicely-weighted, larger size keys. I've done several full-scale tracks on it, including my songs 'Complex', 'It's More Fun in the Underworld', 'The Last Resort', and the Jemima's Kite song 'Pretentious Moi'. I really like it :)
(http://pss270.republika.pl/yamaha_pss-50.jpg)
(http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile_mojo_data/9/4/4/2/944235/pics/_c745236_image_0.jpg)
This is my Yamaha PSS-50 keyboard. It's not supposed to be much more than a toy, but it's a polyphonic keyboard with a good range of tones and nicely-weighted, larger size keys. I've done several full-scale tracks on it, including my songs 'Complex', 'It's More Fun in the Underworld', 'The Last Resort', and the Jemima's Kite song 'Pretentious Moi'. I really like it :)
(http://pss270.republika.pl/yamaha_pss-50.jpg)
(http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/profile_mojo_data/9/4/4/2/944235/pics/_c745236_image_0.jpg)
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 08:06:20 AM
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 08:06:20 AM
I also have one of these Casio VL-Tones. It's the second version of it, and it's not as good as the original version (which had a rudimentary sequencer on it). I had the first one when I was 14 and wrote a lot of songs on it several years before I even picked up a guitar. My original one is in the attic somewhere - I'm hoping to be re-united with it oneday or get one on ebay (they go for a lot of money now). This is the one I have now that has yet to be used for a song. Maybe this weekend... ;D
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rScBRKlTdoE/S_bBz_jKsVI/AAAAAAABD_M/BhKZ9WoRRpo/s1600/!BtmwY2QCWk~$(KGrHqMH-CEEvQLEdm5yBL8sNzyzm!~~_12.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rScBRKlTdoE/S_bBz_jKsVI/AAAAAAABD_M/BhKZ9WoRRpo/s1600/!BtmwY2QCWk~$(KGrHqMH-CEEvQLEdm5yBL8sNzyzm!~~_12.JPG)
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 12, 2011, 08:47:46 AM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 12, 2011, 08:47:46 AM
i used to have a vltone but i still have my casio sk5 i should get it out for the fest.
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Gritter on January 12, 2011, 09:33:34 AM
Post by: Gritter on January 12, 2011, 09:33:34 AM
Here's my baby...It's got the Moog name on it but it's made by Realistic (Radio Shack). I bought it in a consignment store on Salt Spring Island for $50 CDN about 14 years ago.
(http://www.synthfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mg-12.jpg)
(http://www.synthfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mg-12.jpg)
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 10:27:43 AM
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 10:27:43 AM
Quote from: Gritter on January 12, 2011, 09:33:34 AMHere's my baby...It's got the Moog name on it but it's made by Realistic (Radio Shack). I bought it in a consignment store on Salt Spring Island for $50 about 14 years ago.
(http://www.synthfind.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mg-12.jpg)
Look at my user icon - I'm GREEN with envy! Lol. That looks like a tasty bit of kit. Lots of knobs and sliders to fiddle with.
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Ferryman on January 12, 2011, 10:31:45 AM
Post by: Ferryman on January 12, 2011, 10:31:45 AM
Cool stuff guys. I have been preserving a Yamaha DX-100 in the attic, I got it down to do some work on a track a while back and the damn thing just wouldn't work. Real bummer.
Cheers,
Nigel
Cheers,
Nigel
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: cuthbert on January 12, 2011, 10:37:21 AM
Post by: cuthbert on January 12, 2011, 10:37:21 AM
(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9937.0;attach=10302)
Getting ready & looking pretty for EmuFest, here's a cuthbert family photo taken just a few moments ago...
That's my slightly battered Micromoog (it's got a snapped off Frequency knob :'( ), along with its siblings, a Dübreq Stylophone with stylin' woodgrain, and a Casio VL-Tone. These were all purchased at various times on eBay, which at one time offered some pretty good deals... :D
The Micromoog and Stylophone are mid and early Seventies vintage, and are appropriately twitchy to use at times. I've had the Micromoog for over a decade, although it's been mostly mothballed in a closet in that time (not anymore!), and I got the Stylophone about a year ago. Lately, I've used the Micromoog on a currently unfinished collab with FuzzFace, and the Stylophone was recently heard at the end of my 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' cover in Punkfest.
The Casio VL-Tone (Eighties vintage) was one I found a year or two ago. No appearance on a recording by me yet, but it's coming...
The intrepid eye will also spot the Univox SR-55/MiniPops 3 rhythm machine, which I most recently used on 'Thanks For Christmas'.
Getting ready & looking pretty for EmuFest, here's a cuthbert family photo taken just a few moments ago...
That's my slightly battered Micromoog (it's got a snapped off Frequency knob :'( ), along with its siblings, a Dübreq Stylophone with stylin' woodgrain, and a Casio VL-Tone. These were all purchased at various times on eBay, which at one time offered some pretty good deals... :D
The Micromoog and Stylophone are mid and early Seventies vintage, and are appropriately twitchy to use at times. I've had the Micromoog for over a decade, although it's been mostly mothballed in a closet in that time (not anymore!), and I got the Stylophone about a year ago. Lately, I've used the Micromoog on a currently unfinished collab with FuzzFace, and the Stylophone was recently heard at the end of my 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' cover in Punkfest.
The Casio VL-Tone (Eighties vintage) was one I found a year or two ago. No appearance on a recording by me yet, but it's coming...
The intrepid eye will also spot the Univox SR-55/MiniPops 3 rhythm machine, which I most recently used on 'Thanks For Christmas'.
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 10:54:55 AM
Post by: Greeny on January 12, 2011, 10:54:55 AM
Ah... those original Casio VL-Tones fill me with nostalgic warmth and excitement... *sigh*
I'm determined to get the stylophone on something (I have a modern re-issue), but they never seem to quite fit or do what you want them to do.
I'm glad I started this thread - there's already some nice eye candy and hardware to drool over... lol
I'm determined to get the stylophone on something (I have a modern re-issue), but they never seem to quite fit or do what you want them to do.
I'm glad I started this thread - there's already some nice eye candy and hardware to drool over... lol
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 12, 2011, 06:10:42 PM
Post by: Oldrottenhead on January 12, 2011, 06:10:42 PM
i was hoping to see some vintage geir pics
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Wiley on January 12, 2011, 06:34:12 PM
Post by: Wiley on January 12, 2011, 06:34:12 PM
What do you classify as vintage? This is my guitar I bought in 76!! Is it vintage?
(http://pjandfriends.info/Pictures/guitars%20001.jpg)
And the next one is me. LOL this year!! Am I vintage??
(http://pjandfriends.info/Pictures/Billy%20%26%20PJ%202%20.jpg)
Great thread!!
PJ
(http://pjandfriends.info/Pictures/guitars%20001.jpg)
And the next one is me. LOL this year!! Am I vintage??
(http://pjandfriends.info/Pictures/Billy%20%26%20PJ%202%20.jpg)
Great thread!!
PJ
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Migs on January 12, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Post by: Migs on January 12, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Quote from: Wiley on January 12, 2011, 06:34:12 PMAnd the next one is me. LOL this year!! Am I vintage??
PJ, what is that 12 srting you are playing ? Looks lots like my Takamine.
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Geir on January 13, 2011, 05:17:43 AM
Post by: Geir on January 13, 2011, 05:17:43 AM
Quote from: oldrottenhead on January 12, 2011, 06:10:42 PMi was hoping to see some vintage geir picswhaddayamean ?? ? ? ? am I that old ??? >:(
;D ;D ;D
well I have this Rolan D10:
(http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/images/d10.jpg)
the picture is from www.vintagesynth.com so I guess it qualifies.
my first electric guitar, and still the one I use the most is a ca'77-'78 Ibanez ST-300
(http://www.stylesmusic.com/product_images/music/A/9/A983DD55E35C420A997C6C746FD85F69.jpg)
and James, I will find some vitage Geir pics too ... but that's another thread I guess !! :D
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Ferryman on January 13, 2011, 06:37:36 AM
Post by: Ferryman on January 13, 2011, 06:37:36 AM
Quote from: Wiley on January 12, 2011, 06:34:12 PMWhat do you classify as vintage? And the next one is me. LOL this year!! Am I vintage??
LOL. I was just about to post that I was the only vintage gear that I have, but you beat me to it!
Cheers,
Nigel
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: ODH on January 13, 2011, 10:19:24 AM
Post by: ODH on January 13, 2011, 10:19:24 AM
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4905888456_98d44d6ee8.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsclio/4905888456/)
Loving Memory (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsclio/4905888456/) by odh! (http://www.flickr.com/people/rsclio/), on Flickr
My (only) guitar is fairly vintage - 1982 Tokai Breezysound. I've owned her since '86 and she's like a brother to me. Most of my other kit is mid 90's, except for the big white thing...
Loving Memory (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rsclio/4905888456/) by odh! (http://www.flickr.com/people/rsclio/), on Flickr
My (only) guitar is fairly vintage - 1982 Tokai Breezysound. I've owned her since '86 and she's like a brother to me. Most of my other kit is mid 90's, except for the big white thing...
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Ferryman on January 13, 2011, 10:39:44 AM
Post by: Ferryman on January 13, 2011, 10:39:44 AM
Quote from: Nick / odh on January 13, 2011, 10:19:24 AMMy (only) guitar is fairly vintage - 1982 Tokai Breezysound. I've owned her since '86 and she's like a brother to me. Most of my other kit is mid 90's, except for the big white thing...
What, the fireplace?
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: dasilvasings on January 13, 2011, 10:47:10 AM
Post by: dasilvasings on January 13, 2011, 10:47:10 AM
What? Mickey's gloves?
BTW - great thread!
BTW - great thread!
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Greeny on January 13, 2011, 10:59:19 AM
Post by: Greeny on January 13, 2011, 10:59:19 AM
http://www.vintagesynth.com/ (http://www.vintagesynth.com/)
Vintage Synth Porn! :D
Vintage Synth Porn! :D
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Pete C on January 13, 2011, 01:54:30 PM
Post by: Pete C on January 13, 2011, 01:54:30 PM
Here's my 1983 Fender Squier SQ Series Straocaster built by Fujigen Japan which I bought new 27 years ago. It was Olympic white which has turned cream over the years. The pickup covers and knobs have also aged nicely.
(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9937.0;attach=10318)
I also have a 1960's Selmer Treble n Bass 50 Watt amp which I bought in 1979 and retired it 10 years ago before it killed me - never changed the valves or had it serviced! Its stored away under the stairs in the vain hope that one day it'll be worth a fortune.
Final piece of vintage kit is my 80's Casio VL Tone which was resurrected last June when I posted a cover of Get Carter by the Human League - should have waited for EmuFest! Would a bump be allowed?
(https://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9937.0;attach=10318)
I also have a 1960's Selmer Treble n Bass 50 Watt amp which I bought in 1979 and retired it 10 years ago before it killed me - never changed the valves or had it serviced! Its stored away under the stairs in the vain hope that one day it'll be worth a fortune.
Final piece of vintage kit is my 80's Casio VL Tone which was resurrected last June when I posted a cover of Get Carter by the Human League - should have waited for EmuFest! Would a bump be allowed?
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: 64Guitars on January 13, 2011, 02:28:26 PM
Post by: 64Guitars on January 13, 2011, 02:28:26 PM
Quote from: Pete C on January 13, 2011, 01:54:30 PMFinal piece of vintage kit is my 80's Casio VL Tone which was resurrected last June when I posted a cover of Get Carter by the Human League - should have waited for EmuFest! Would a bump be allowed?
Your cover of "Get Carter" (https://songcrafters.org/forum/index.php?topic=7580.msg98728#msg98728) is already in the emuFest jukebox. It has been since the festival began two weeks ago.
Title: Re: The Vintage Gear Thread
Post by: Pete C on January 13, 2011, 02:46:34 PM
Post by: Pete C on January 13, 2011, 02:46:34 PM
Thanks 64Guitars - didn't realise that.