Does this particular CS80have a yellow mark underneath one key? If so, it´s
Thighpaulsandra´s old one which once got tossed off its stand by Julian Cope
(the Archdrude must be a lot stronger than he appears...). Tim took it to a
repair shop (a big one) and never heard of his CS-80 again for years. He´s
hoping to get it back some day or other, though...
There´s an even better rumour around "CS-80s I didn´t get"... a friend of
mine spotted one at a fleamarket in the back of some pick-up of a Turkish
trader... he asked 150 DM (less than 70 US$) for that organ. This particular
friend also picked up a Moog 12 Stage Phaser for 150 bucks at the same
fleamarket, and a Bohm Soundlab...
Caveat emptor. Buyer beware.
Stephen
"Human beings are a disease, the cancer of this planet, you´re a plague. And
we are the cure." (Agent Smith / Matrix)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "sir_analogue" <barbara_Streisand@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 7:30 PM
Subject: [yamahacs80] cs80 serial " i dont know since its in repairs"
reporting for latrine duty
> hi there
> my name is david
> im 29 and i like coockies and the color blue.
> well now that we've gone throug that, i've wanted a cs80 ever since i
> bought my first vangelis album and anyone who talks crap about the
> bladerunner soundtrack WILL become very very intimate with the heavy
> duty skull cracking legs of my rhodes 73. So a fair warning ;)
> i've been looking for a cs80 for about 9/10 years before i found one
> i could actually aford.
> Although it is in dead mint condition cosmetically, it has been in
> repair for almost 1,5 years now......dont ask
> but since im short on cash and space it doesnt bother me that much.
> it also has the kenton midi kit, now all i need is some xtra polyph.
> aftertouch keyboards, why doesnt anyone make a decent synth with that
> feature anymore? its so brilliant and with all this dsp power going
> around it shouldnt be too hard?
> anyone in the vintage department i also own a cs60 and a cs30 a
> rhodes 73 mk1, vp330 and an elka "service nightmare" synthex. which
> is good fun. and some digital synths. I have owned a poly6, ms20,
> vk7, roland jupiter 8 and some other stuff but nothing beats the cs80.
> its so perfect, when i stil had it here i used to hug it and pet
> it ...well i dont need to tell you that.
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> But i have a story to share, just before getting my cs80 from the UK
> via a hellish journey, i told everyone i knew what i was looking for
> and keep their eyes open. So one day my local snack bar owner comes
> to me with a stroy that some old excentric rich guy from around the
> block died and his son was getting rid of dad's gadgets including "a
> very heavy, big and knob infested yamaha that no one seemed to
> understand" hmmmm....... so i said does it have a label, a name? Yes
> yamaha cs800 or something! So what does he want for it? well around
> 500 dollar (mind you going rate for a mint cs80 was 2000 pounds!) so
> after thanking satan for answering my prayers i made an appointment
> for the very next day. Sunrise...im happy.. bouncing all over the
> place only to hear that some french guy came that very night and took
> it with him.... i now hate the french...whats the moral of the
> story??? Never trust satan! and the french!
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> i had to share that frustration with you guys, sorry 'bout that
> He krs that mod sounds pretty sweet what are your plans with that?
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> best david
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