> Kevin Lightner may probably cringe when you ask him... :-)
LOL! Kevin would laugh in your face if you mentioned CS80 service to him, i
doubt he would go near one...
I hear he is also solidly booked up now till the year 2045 too...
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: cuari7
> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 5:16 PM
> Subject: [yamahacs80] love hurts
>
>
> I know I'm going to sound silly and corny as hell for saying (writing)
> this, but it's been a really long time since I felt so excited about a
> synthesizer as I feel with my CS80.
> Not since I bought my first synth, a Juno-6, way back in 1983, did I
> feel this infatuated with an innanimate object.
> That is why, knowing how fickle and temperamental a beast this baby is,
> I already foresee periods of painful anguish when it starts
> malfunctioning (I guess it's not an issue of "if" but of "when", huh?).
>
> If any of you guys has read the Pinch/Trocco book "Analog Days", you
> may recall the brief section about Suzanne Ciani and the painful
> experience of owning her Buchla modular, and how she suffered when it
> broke down. Shit, I'm gonna get a lot of grey hair from this thing, but
> it's just that this thing is so damn AWESOME!
>
> That is why, I want to ask you guys: who, in your opinion, is the best
> technician for CS80 repairs in the continental USA?
> I guess if it breaks down badly, I'll be willing to lug it around the
> country in a rented van, as long as I can keep its beautiful analog
> heart beating...
>
> OK, enough cheesy BS......;-P
>
> Thanks, guys!
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