I ought to get bands to pay me to hate them.  Last band I really hated was Panic!  At the Disco.  Hell, I even hated their name.  Lot of good that did me.  Nice guys though, I did like all of them.  On the other hand, I think that on any given night the best band playing anywhere in the US is Gov't Mule, with Warren Hanes, and they can't sell much more than a thousand tix a night in major markets.

has anyone here ever used a fairlight or a synclavia? Well when I was a teenager..well alot of bands I liked then I pretty much hate now. specially the stuff from the early 90's.

The NORD stuff has replaced the Fairlights and I haven't seen a synclavia for years, ok, a decade or more now.

The only one I can remember with a Fairlight is Nick Rhodes from Duran Duran. But his wealthy parents bought that for him along with his musical carrier. I guess they got a good return on their investment

Whoa, I had no Idea about that Nick Rhodes story. Jeeze, he must have come from serious cash!

Not serious money, but pretty good, I think his 'rents owned a toy store.

Bought their kid some good toys.....

Seems to me a Fairlight went for around 7K at the time

The new one is only $28,000 (yes, that's right).  But that's studio stuff, no one is going to take a $28K keyboard and toss it into the back of a semi no matter how good the road cases are.

Oh, they've only quadrupled in price?

Hey how about them openlabs super workstations?  http://www.openlabs.com 

Wasn't Herbie Hancock also a Fairlight player?

Herbie Hancock was - and is - A Player.  He could make a toy piano sound better than most people sound on a Bösendorfer concert grand.  Even Rockit was way ahead of his time.  But listen to the original version of Watermellon Man done on solo piano, just as awesome as the version on Headhunters, which is still about one of the best jazz fusion records ever done.

So yeah, back in the day almost every studio, or at least SIR, had a Fairlight.

Quote from: klodefm42 on February 05, 2009, 12:19:12 AM
Does anyone have recordings? audio? of them selves playings?

http://www.myspace.com/hotshackett




I play guitar, ukulele and sing. I've got a US Strat, Les Paul ripoff, Ibanez AW-80, Maton EM325 and a Greg Bennet ukulele.

I've been gigging for a few years, solo since the band died in 2007 but I've just started performing under my new name so it's sort of like starting again I guess...haven't  played any straight bars as Sally yet, could be interesting 

I suppose I should admit to a custom Bass Guitar and an lovely Briarwood Acoustic...

They are not really the problem though....Its the 2kw sound rig and DMX lighting system filling my garage...

Chrissty

Heh, that's always  the downer about having a decent collection - the space. I live with two other musos in a tiny house, people space is only a secondary concern after the bass rigs/amps/guitars/keyboards/P.A etc are accommodated.

Quote from: Imadique on February 14, 2009, 04:52:02 AM
Heh, that's always  the downer about having a decent collection - the space. I live with two other musos in a tiny house, people space is only a secondary concern after the bass rigs/amps/guitars/keyboards/P.A etc are accommodated.

......and the big ->-bleeped-<- amps aren't as cosy to snuggle up with as those old glowing valves!

It's true, but we have both trans and non trans amps here and they all get along in peace and harmony (though the non trans are definitely favoured  )

Well at least my "Par-cans" come in handy in the morning if the toaster breaks down.

I'm about to move into a smaller place, and I need to put a PA system, drum set, 2x12 Bass guitar rig, 4x12 guitar rig, 2x12 guitar rig, guitar preamp rack, pedal board, recording desk, synchronizer, 8 guitars, 4 guitar combos, and 3 or 4 boxes of miscellaneous cables and effects into storage.  Anyone wanna just borrow it for a while?  I need to make room for the pool table.

Quote from: glendagladwitch on February 14, 2009, 11:31:27 AM
I'm about to move into a smaller place, and I need to put a PA system, drum set, 2x12 Bass guitar rig, 4x12 guitar rig, 2x12 guitar rig, guitar preamp rack, pedal board, recording desk, synchronizer, 8 guitars, 4 guitar combos, and 3 or 4 boxes of miscellaneous cables and effects into storage.  Anyone wanna just borrow it for a while?  I need to make room for the pool table.

I could make use of the 2x12 Guitar rig and pedal board and maybe the miscellaneous cables and effects