slg1013 Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 A friend of mine recently sent me these photos from a home studio where she was attending a birthday party. Turned out the house is owned by Jay Graydon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Jay"s life in music has developed impeccable taste in keys! Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Most of that gear is set up so that you could never use it. A Moog modular on the floor??? Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 What's the keyboard on top of the Wurlitzer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 What's the keyboard on top of the Wurlitzer? That's the keyboard unit for the ARP 2600 sitting below. Quote Moe --- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Pilot lights and displays are on, so apparently it's all ready to go. It would just be difficult to use effectively set up like that. The guy sure likes his Oberheims. Wow look at that stack on the left, and that's still not all of them. Not a Roland, Prophet, or Korg in sight that I can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Its a major prog dream for sure, but I also see a certain number of leaky batteries, dodgy capacitors and elderly power supplies potentially waiting to happen. I'm with Bill about the gear being unplayable as positioned. I hate to see anything go to waste. A Matrix-12 and Xpander together are a universe of squee! that shouldn't just sit idle. I have no idea of what the owner is thinking, though. I won't second-guess a power stack like that! He may be upgrading his studio, reducing the stack to fund a bit of college or putting part of it in more active hands. Its like having a dog. You accept a certain amount of upkeep as a given. Quote "Why can't they just make up something of their own?" ~ The great Richard Matheson, on the movie remakes of his book, "I Am Legend" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 No half measures here. A grey meanie and a blue meanie? Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 No Magnus chord organ? Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxcvbnm098 Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Um, he's a guitar player, don't forget!... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slg1013 Posted December 16, 2019 Author Share Posted December 16, 2019 I remember him producing a bunch of Al Jarreau albums in the 80s. Didn't realize that he also played the guitar solo on Steely Dan's Peg. Talented guy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Mike Metlay Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Man, that's some loverly Oberheimage right there, man. I don't miss my Xpander very much, having sold it after 34 years while it was still fully functional to a very good home with a guy who could keep it running, but that doesn't stop me drooling a bit... I'm also thrilled to pieces at the sight of all those lovely paddles! Because the first serious MIDI controller keyboard (that wasn't a keytar) that I ever owned was an Oberheim Xk, and I used it steadily for nearly a decade, soloing on the backwards/upside-down Obie paddles is very natural to me. I will be very curious to find out of the Boberheim UB-Xa gets them right or not. Quote Dr. Mike Metlay (PhD in nuclear physics, golly gosh) Musician, Author, Editor, Educator, Impresario, Online Radio Guy, Cut-Rate Polymath, and Kindly Pedant Editor-in-Chief, Bjooks ~ Author of SYNTH GEMS 1 clicky!: more about me ~ my radio station (and my fam) ~ my local tribe ~ my day job ~ my book ~ my music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 A Moog modular on the floor??? Heresy. Quote When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 That collection belongs to Marcus Ryle. Saw the same system on his FB page. Marcus was a design engineer for Oberheim starting with the OBXa, so yes he has lots of Oberheims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 No half measures here. A grey meanie and a blue meanie? Yikes! Neither of them are meanies. Blue/grey Meanies are built in a metal enclosure, the ones in those pictures are wood enclosures with tolex covering. The "Blue" panel only looks blue because of the reflection of the light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 A Moog modular on the floor??? Looking closer, I don't see many Moog modules in those cabinets. I've seen the clones and I don't recognize any of their modules either, except maybe the sequencer. Custom jobs by Marcus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slg1013 Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 The Real MC is correct. The collection belongs to Marcus Ryle (who hosted the party when the pictures were taken) and not Jay Graydon. My friend was apparently confused by a conversation with another party goer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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