The lower priced Model for the Low Rider -- playing the cha-cha?? On 2/2/2011 12:23 PM, lsf5275@aol.com wrote: > > Back in the days before Hip Hop and big beats, Harry Chamberlin was > way ahead of the times. Latinos would mount the 20 in their cars, > charge up the compressed air storage tanks, crank up the volume on the > Chamberlin (which was connected to a big mono speaker in the car trunk > and cruise in their low riders through the streets of LA > In a message dated 2/2/2011 3:16:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > vance@juniperpacific.com writes: > > The best part is that the audio comes out over that nifty oval > dash-top speaker in your '63 Rambler that's been baked through the > windshield over at least eight hot California summers....now > that's Hi-Fi!! > > On 2/2/2011 11:53 AM, Rick Blechta wrote: > >> >> On Feb 2, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Charles wrote: >> >>> http://cgi.ebay.com/CHAMBERLIN-RHYTHMATE-Drum-Machine-Synth-Sampler-RARE_W0QQitemZ200570067730QQcategoryZ38069QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp5197.m7QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6808922249049328288 >>> >>> never saw this model before >> >> That's because this is the near-mythical "dashboard model" . It >> also contains a radar detector. >> >> If the cops pulled you over for using it since radar detectors >> are illegal in most municipalities, you just switched the rhythm >> portion on and waited for the officer with those wonderful beats >> playing. Worked like a charm every time, I hear. >> >> At gigs, the radar detector could tell if the guitarist was >> playing too many notes, in which case an alarm went off and >> delivered 50 amps of pure power right to the unfortunate >> guitarist, sending him flying right off the stage. As negative >> reinforcement, it was quite effective. After a few jolts, the >> average reduction in excess guitar notes was well over 50%. >> >> Can't understand why they didn't sell more of 'em... > >
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Chamberlin Rhythmate on Ebay
2011-02-02 by Vance Pomeroy