Wiardgroup

Okay, you guys have had a lot of fun with comments on 
comments based on my original "comment" about the Wiard 
Celtic Tatoo Patterns. No offense to Grant was intended.

As with the Technosaurus, I think that the panel designs would 
get in the way of the funcionality. For me, it's not at all about the 
color. I've got 3 grey 2600's, an Arp "Holloween" sequencer, OB 
SEMs and MiniSeq, a hacked Minimoog (just the box with extra 
pots, jacks and switches, a SonicSix, an OB-8/DSX and an 
Xpander/XK and that doesn't even get into the rack, computer or 
digital stuff - black, grey, blue, cream, orange (my DIY modular 
has orange knobs on black panels with red and black banana 
jacks and no legending (yet)).

I used to gig with the OB-8, it's the main thing I have that has 
patterns on the the front panel (lateral blue lines) that have 
nothing to do with function. It still drives me crazy, especially in 
low light - and those lines are straight! For me, the art should 
come out of the synth, not be on the front panel.

Some of the other comments here show the designs as a real 
deal breaker. Some complain that MOTM is too plain - well, it 
seems that Wiard is at the other end of the spectrum. Even with 
the strange Graves kitchen utensils and small appliances at 
Target, there is "function over form" (in fact, the form quietly 
enhances the function in many cases), I wonder if the Celtic 
thing reverses those attributes. But, that is the designer's 
perogitive.

Barry