I found the rare and ultra valuable Casio

[CEB]

The battery is dead of course but it runs. The action is hella better than my FA-06.

 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y70/CEB2/B2903A46-3386-41DC-B74D-F24521B3B861_zpstpzkkpcw.jpg

[HAMEGZ]

OH Man!

Now you gonna tell us you paid 25 bucks for it!

[Bridog6996]

Those things are great for circuit bending.

[Lone Stranger]

I have NEVER understood the idea behind circuit bending. Anything I have ever heard on a circuit bent keyboard has sounded horrible. I can get the same obnoxious noises from a broken radio.

[DulceLabs.com]

I have NEVER understood the idea behind circuit bending. Anything I have ever heard on a circuit bent keyboard has sounded horrible. I can get the same obnoxious noises from a broken radio.

 

I'm sure a lot of mainstream musicians said the same thing about Moog's early synths...

[CEB]

No I bought this new. There was a facebook conversation. Someone was asking about the value of their CZ-1 because they wanted to sell it to finance a Virus. Someone told them them the CZs are rare and going up in value.

 

I was like .... I see them on the St Louis craigslist cheap. Also said I had one somewhere and someone could have it. A young local guy wants it so I was going to give it to him. I will never use it again and maybe it helps him out. We need younger keyboard players.

[eric]

CZ-1 is a cool keyboard! There was a great reggae band in my hometown back in the '80s that used one of these and it sounded iconic.

[miden]

good score there! well done

[Baldwin Funster]

I got a couple CZ1000s. Pretty cool as well except that you have to store your presets on unobtainable memory cards. I was able to get one of the cards on the eBay but cry it didn't work.

[joegerardi]

They're still all over eBay and not really selling for around $225.00, so I doubt they're that valuable. That said, they were an awesome synth with a great keyboard and killer sound if you "got" PD synthesis.

 

..Joe

[dodonnell]

Back in the 80's my rig was a Prophet 600 midi'ed with a Casio CZ101, and a Rhodes Key Bass. A great combination of analog, digital, and mechanical sounds. Alas, I sold all three along the way to the next century.

 

Duane

[lightbg]

Great minds think alike.........I have a black HHR also......

 

Jake

[Tom Williams]

That brings back wistful memories.

 

For years my entire rig was an EPS 13-minus and a CZ-1. I remember programming a very satisfying "B3" voice using one of the complex waves that I was able to get to resonate at the third partial. Key click came from the pitch envelope, and a "slow" leslie effect came from the on-or-off chorus switch.

 

I also remember loving the envelope generators on that thing, way ahead of its time for the price point.

 

Velocity and aftertouch sensitivity; man, what a nice rig for the time. I eventually gave it to my son, along with a real rarity -- a VZ-1.