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Why not wear sunglasses or simply squint if you
don't like the Celtic art? ;-)

I have a custom Technosaurus Selector "C" system,
which has no blue "Saurus skin" graphics, as Jurg
calls it. It's white text and lines on a black
panel, and having used a regular System "D" on
occasion, I note that the blue art actually helps
the black knobs to stand out a bit better, and
thus aid in physically locating the knobs a hair
faster than on my system. (The knobs are black
plastic and can "blend" into the black panels.)

It is possible to order a system with this color
scheme (or "lack" of a color scheme). Grant made
a red Wiard to order; "color is just a matter of
money. How bright do you want to go?" (Paraphrasing
sign seen in "Mad Max")

My kudos to Grant for following his vision. 

Easier,

-Mike

--- In wiardgroup@y..., "coyoteous" <satori@t...> wrote:
> 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)).
> 
<snip section about OB-8>
> 
> 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