RABid Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I love gear spotting vintage gear. How about a thread of form members early rigs? This is my rigs from early to mid 80's. My first band as a keyboardist. Playing a Hammond with a Minimoog on top. To my left on the bottom is a Whurly (I think) and on top at an angle is an Arp Omni II. Note the flashlight. Had to use it between songs when dialing up sounds. Yes kids, that how we did things before the days of keyboards with patch memory. A year later, playing a Yamaha ep that I don't remember. Arp Omni II on my right, Crumar DS2 synth on my left. Only used the Crumar for sound effects. The Minimoog is off to my right. Rhodes Chroma, MemoryMoog, Moog Source. With inflation, my most expensive rig ever. Behind me is an EV 18" 3 way cabinet, Ashley mixer, Crown amp and a digital delay. This is the rig I used when playing full time in Louisville, and for a short time afterwards. A year later the Chroma was lost in a fire. The MemoryMoog was traded for a much more stable DX7. This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Simons Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 1974, my senior year up at school. M3, '67 silvertop Rhodes (purchased new when I was 15, still had it) that we re-covered with paisley fabric, and my brand new very first synth, the legendary Univox Mini-Korg. I'm pretty sure it was the first time I ever saw the word 'Korg' on anything. As I look at this picture, I'm wondering how I used a sustain pedal on the Rhodes. I can't imagine not having one, but don't see how I could have. That's actually the top half of a suitcase model, by the way. Yamaha P515 & CK88, Pianoteq, Mainstage, iOS, assorted other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatoboy Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Sorry for the image size, the others came out too small I thought, anyway! My rig in 1974. I had been gigging full time since '69 at this point taken into a senior band by older friends after their return from Woodstock in '69 and their need for keys after watching/listening to all Woodstock had to offer, I was 20 in this shot. RMI E.Piano, Hammond C3/Leslie 122, just add a Mini Moog which the band bought about 6 months after this photo was taken and that was the height of my rig in the old days. I had been through an M3/145 already. Tone Generator failed in the M3 so we went for a Console/122. We had a truck! Played often in VT and CT! We were a 'CTA' band (Creative Talent Associates. & Booking) , folks in the NE may remember Kevin Brenner and the crew! Left to go to collage late after the band broke up the following year or so... Marshall 100 Watt Stack also for the RMI and MiniMoog...(off camera). This picture and gig is known to the band as the 'Ice Cream Truck Gig'....Outdoors under the Throgs Neck Bridge in Queens/NY, the bridge connects Queens to the Bronx...The power gen. supplying the band power had failed so we actually took power from a light post and ran it into an Ice Cream truck close by which supplied the outlets to the band and our power... I believe that's how it went down anyway! Seems like a whole other lifetime! My best friend playing the 335 there! SP6, CP-50,YC 73, FP-80, PX5-S, NE-5d61, XK-3, CX-3, Yamaha YUX Upright, '66 B3/Leslie 145/122 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 First rig playing keys http://www.michaelwwright.com https://www.facebook.com MPN Paetron https://www.patreon.com/musicplayernetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Quinn Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 1980: Mini Moog on top of Rhodes www.alquinn.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod S Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Sophomore year in HS (1988). Korg DS-8. A lot of guys here look like rock stars in the pics. I look like geek (which I sort of was...) Korg Kronos X73 / ARP Odyssey / Motif ES Rack / Roland D-05 / JP-08 / SE-05 / Jupiter Xm / Novation Mininova / NL2X / Waldorf Pulse II MBP-LOGIC American Deluxe P-Bass, Yamaha RBX760 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Second rig http://www.michaelwwright.com https://www.facebook.com MPN Paetron https://www.patreon.com/musicplayernetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Emm Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I started out on a toy piano and an Optigan. Hey, I was 6. You don't realize that you're intelligent until it gets you into trouble. ~ James A. Baldwin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCoscia Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 I've probably posted this before. Moog Prodigy on the Rhodes 88 which is stacked on a Lowrey LSO. The Univox Multiman was versatile. Steve Coscia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 1981 club band - Micromoog Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mate stubb Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 First axe. Started lessons on this piano when I was 4. Here I'm testing it for durability. http://www.hotrodmotm.com/images/misc/dave-first-piano.jpg 2nd band, first organ I actually owned - 1968. http://www.hotrodmotm.com/images/gallery/farfisa.jpg Moe --- "I keep wanting to like it's sound, but every demo seems to demonstrate that it has the earth-shaking punch and peerless sonics of the Roland Gaia. " - Tusker http://www.hotrodmotm.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Humble beginnings at 17 years old in 1979 with the first band that gigged in clubs. Panther combo organ on top of Rhodes. I figured out that by reversing the lid and making wood adapters, I could have a flat top on the Rhodes for stacking keyboards. Worked pretty well. Amp head behind me is an old Standell 100w amp, clean and loud. Good start for a budding keyboardist. http://www.retrosynth.com/~analoguediehard/studio/keyboards/mike-stage-1979.jpg Just before I started college I won a piano competition and used the prize money to build my first synth, a Paia modular. I actually gigged this thing and it was to blame for my career in engineering and in restoring synths. http://www.retrosynth.com/~analoguediehard/studio/keyboards/mike-paia-1981.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKeys Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Rabid, the second pic with the Yamaha EP looks suspiciously like My old Yamaha CP-30. Jimmy Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho NEW BAND CHECK THEM OUT www.steveowensandsummertime.com www.jimmyweaver.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Simons Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Humble beginnings at 17 years old in 1979 with the first band that gigged in clubs. Panther combo organ on top of Rhodes. Great minds think alike. Same thing, about seven years earlier, I was 19 or 20: Panther organ atop my Rhodes. There's a Fender Leslie somewhere out of frame. This is in Potsdam NY, rehearsing with our college band 'Littlewing'. The bulk of our repertoire was, best that I can recall, the first two Allman Bros, the Derek & the Dominos album, and a few Stones tunes. If you look closely, you can spot a Hammond Solovox attached to the Rhodes. That was my pre-synths 'synth' - my first keyboard (other than a melodica) that was not a piano or an organ. A club-dater who taught at the same school as my dad gave it to me in 1969. It was ancient then, but I got a few more years out of it. Look it up if you're not familiar, I thought it to be a pretty cool thing to have in my 'rig'. Yamaha P515 & CK88, Pianoteq, Mainstage, iOS, assorted other stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanL Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 A couple early 80's shots. I had a very rudimentary rig, my main piece was a Rhodes that I bought brand new right out of high school. I used a Hammond L100 but eventually downsized to the Casio 1000P on top of the Rhodes in this pic: http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/dan88z/PTDC0210_zpsvwt7jszg.jpg Another shot, I have no idea what Crumar this was. I think it was borrowed or something. It was some kind of organ though. Side note- the guitar player in the middle is one of my best friends and we still play in a band together. 40+ years now. http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj60/dan88z/PTDC0229_zpsbe2vfkav.jpg Live: Korg Kronos 2 88, Nord Electro 5d Nord Lead A1 Toys: Roland FA08, Novation Ultranova, Moog LP, Roland SP-404SX, Roland JX10,Emu MK6 www.bksband.com www.echoesrocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted August 25, 2018 Author Share Posted August 25, 2018 Is that a Crumar organ on top of the Rhodes? I had a single manual back in the 80's. A friend had the double manual running through a Leslie. Sounded good that way. This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanL Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 It is some kind of Crumar organ but I don't recall which one. It wasn't mine, I think someone had let me borrow it for a while. Memories of these days are a little fuzzy! Live: Korg Kronos 2 88, Nord Electro 5d Nord Lead A1 Toys: Roland FA08, Novation Ultranova, Moog LP, Roland SP-404SX, Roland JX10,Emu MK6 www.bksband.com www.echoesrocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanL Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 I did some googling, it might be an Organizer T1. Live: Korg Kronos 2 88, Nord Electro 5d Nord Lead A1 Toys: Roland FA08, Novation Ultranova, Moog LP, Roland SP-404SX, Roland JX10,Emu MK6 www.bksband.com www.echoesrocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardware Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Humble beginnings at 17 years old in 1979 with the first band that gigged in clubs. Panther combo organ on top of Rhodes. Great minds think alike. Same thing, about seven years earlier, I was 19 or 20: Panther organ atop my Rhodes. There's a Fender Leslie somewhere out of frame. This is in Potsdam NY, rehearsing with our college band 'Littlewing'. The bulk of our repertoire was, best that I can recall, the first two Allman Bros, the Derek & the Dominos album, and a few Stones tunes. If you look closely, you can spot a Hammond Solovox attached to the Rhodes. That was my pre-synths 'synth' - my first keyboard (other than a melodica) that was not a piano or an organ. A club-dater who taught at the same school as my dad gave it to me in 1969. It was ancient then, but I got a few more years out of it. Look it up if you're not familiar, I thought it to be a pretty cool thing to have in my 'rig'. Rhodes made a great stand for heavy keyboards. Those metal legs were strong enough to hold a 200lb CS80. B3 and D6 not pictured. I was 17 when I scored this gig. Worlds largest riverboat in StLouis circa 1980. Magnus C350 + FMR RNP + Realistic Unisphere Mic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Mike Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Wish I had pictures from those days. Here is the chronological lineup: 1978: Rhodes 1980: Crumar Performer / Rhodes, Sequential Pro-1 1983: Roland Juno 60 / Rhodes, Pro-1 1984: Juno 60 / Rhodes, Sequential Six-Trak 1986: Oberheim Matrix 6 / Yamaha DX7 1988: Ensoniq SQ80 / Ensoniq SDP-1 1990: SQ80 / Roland U-20 My musical hiatus lasted from 1992 - 2008 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quai34 Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Second rig Hi, Why a blanket on the Yamaha Piano? Stage 2, C2, NL2X+TC Pedals, P08+Tetra+H9, P12+TC Chorus D50+PG1000, 2 Matrix 1K, Proteus 2K, TX802, Streichfett, Drumbrute. Guitars:G&L Legacy, Asat X2, Ibanez Artstar AS153.Bass: L2000, SR1200&2605. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 It was hot as hell out there that day. I am not ocd at all. http://www.michaelwwright.com https://www.facebook.com MPN Paetron https://www.patreon.com/musicplayernetwork Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vonnor Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1983: CP70b, Memorymoog, Crumar T1, Omni 2, Minimoog 1989: Roland RD250s, KX-76, ESQ1, Lync LN4 (not shown). 1989 Rack: DMC MX8, EPS16, M6R, M-1000, TX-802, R8. EDIT: Oh and there's an 80M (yes, Meg not Gig) HD for the EPS - was $999 http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/Misc/ExceptionRig1983_01.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/Misc/ExceptionRig1983_02.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/Misc/ExceptionRig1983_03.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/Misc/RoadRig1989_03.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/Misc/RoadRig1989_02.jpg http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m305/Koda_Vonnor/Misc/RoadRig1989_01.jpg Yeah I been doing the midi-routing automation and custom pedalboard/snakes thing since '89. ~ vonnor Gear: Hardware: Nord Stage3, Korg Kronos 2, Novation Summit Software: Cantabile 3, Halion Sonic 3 and assorted VST plug-ins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 1983: CP70b, Memorymoog, Crumar T1, Omni 2, Minimoog 1989: Roland RD250s, KX-76, ESQ1, Lync LN4 (not shown). 1989 Rack: DMC MX8, EPS16, M6R, M-1000, TX-802, R8. EDIT: Oh and there's an 80M (yes, Meg not Gig) HD for the EPS - was $999 Yeah I been doing the midi-routing automation and custom pedalboard/snakes thing since '89. ~ vonnor Damn Bill - You and I are out of sync by just a few decades. Also several things are on your list that I didn't own but sure wanted back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Gulp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyray Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 That is one nice looking ol' school rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miden Posted September 6, 2018 Share Posted September 6, 2018 Here is mine from 1989 - http://i63.tinypic.com/214xyfp.jpg I kept this rig for quite a while. The Yammie on the bottom was PF something or other (it replaced the Dyno Rhodes Flat-top) and on top is the Roland Jx3p. IIRC, it was after I ditched the Yammie, I also went over to single keyboard rigs and have never gone back to multis. There is no luck - luck is simply the confluence of circumstance and co-incidence... Time is the final arbiter for all things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quai34 Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Funny how rigs changed....I would have kept the Mini and memory Moog Though....Ok, I might be a hoarder, I still have my D50 and my TX802 (Well, I have two in fact, one in Canada, one in France in a garage...). The not tongs Imhave ever sold were the SH101, MC202 and Yamaha CS15....But I have no photos of anything...But thanks all for the pictures, I like ihem... Stage 2, C2, NL2X+TC Pedals, P08+Tetra+H9, P12+TC Chorus D50+PG1000, 2 Matrix 1K, Proteus 2K, TX802, Streichfett, Drumbrute. Guitars:G&L Legacy, Asat X2, Ibanez Artstar AS153.Bass: L2000, SR1200&2605. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markay Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Chordless Elephant @ Club Lingerie - love it but I am not going to Google it. A misguided plumber attempting to entertain | MainStage 3 | Axiom 61 2nd Gen | Pianoteq | B5 | XK3c | EV ZLX 12P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real MC Posted September 7, 2018 Share Posted September 7, 2018 Here is mine from 1989 - http://i63.tinypic.com/214xyfp.jpg Creative use of Ultimate speaker stands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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