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Id opt for 2) and 3). This seems to be the most sensible thing to do,
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otherwise it would be like... well, imagine John Lennons psychedelic Rolls Royce, you get it and decide to paint it black all over because you dont happen to like Paisley... Honestly, Ive never read something that off-the-wall... chopping a CS80 into pieces. Even if it was completely broken Id either restore it to New shape (if money were no issue) or use it as a basis to get spare parts from. Stephen. "Human beings are a disease, the cancer of this planet, youre a plague. And we are the cure." (Agent Smith / Matrix) Visit the official [ramp] website at www.doombient.com ----- Original Message -----
From: "David Rogoff" <david@...> To: <yamahacs80@...> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2004 6:40 PM Subject: [yamahacs80] Mod or keep original? - was Re: Yay - I have a CS-80 again! --- In yamahacs80@..., "wavecomputer360" <wavecomputer360@g...> wrote: But.... (boring old elitist alert) dont rip thisup a synth that is rare and soughtafter seems sacriligeous to me.up with these mods but... Stephen, You bring up a big, important issue, which I've been thinking a lot about. Here's the main options: 1) minor repairs, tuning, etc (easiest) 2) restore to new (RL Music approach) 3) replace some boards with currently available parts, but same functionality (Crow's approach). 4) Keep the keyboard, ribbon, knobs, and voice cards. Gut/rebuild everything else, making it lighter, repairable, and adding a lot of new functions without changing the sound or playability. It should still sound and act like a CS80, but add more features. Each of these requires very different amounts of work. One issue that's hard to ignore is how each of these affects resale value. I've always had keyboards for a few years, play them (and tinkered), and then sold them to buy something else. Is this a big concern for others? As an engineer, option 4 would be my choice. I'd want to do it right and have it look great when done. This would be a BIG project, which is why I wrote about working with other people to design and build a few (ok, 2 or 3) of these. Not only would this ease the work, but it would give it a bit of stability if there were a few of these super CS80, with the same mod and multiple people who knew how they worked (and could fix them). Everyone please add your thoughts: I'd really like input on this. David Yahoo! Groups Links |
