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Saw this Yamaha Electone EX-42 on eBay; might bid on it but trucking will 
kill me:

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=469700331

As I remember this was as close as you could ever get to a "consumer" GX-1.

Ivan

On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 ivancu@... wrote:

> Saw this Yamaha Electone EX-42 on eBay; might bid on it but trucking will 
> kill me:
>
> As I remember this was as close as you could ever get to a "consumer" GX-1.

  I considered bidding on this one as well.  I would go truck it home
myself as that setup is over 1/2 ton easily.

  Nah, I have too many machines already...where would I *fit* such a
beast!

Crow

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In a message dated 00-10-16 17:27:00 EDT, you write:

<< Saw this Yamaha Electone EX-42 >>


ivan,
beyond the facts that i certainly don`t have the money to put in a serious 
bid on the machine, that my house probably doesn`t have room for something 
this large ( small old house, simple but paid for!  my synth room is almost 
crowded with just the few basic items i have ) and that i don`t play 
keyboard/organ/piano,etc., there is something visually compelling about the 
machine. i wonder how they sound ?
best,
dave v.

My problem is that I actually have a new place with a large empty area in the 
living room, and I'm looking to fill it with something that looks cool and is 
useful... thus the Electone!  Not sure how they sound; never heard this exact 
model, but I remember seeing all the ads and lit for it at the time, and I 
think there are some similarities to the CS-60/CS-80 synths and the Electone 
combo organs of the time (I used to have one).  And it is just so COOL 
looking; sort of the Jetsons meets 70's mod.

Ivan

--- In motm@egroups.com, ivancu@a... wrote:
> Not sure how they sound; never heard this exact 
> model, but I remember seeing all the ads and lit for it at the 
time, and I think there are some similarities to the CS-60/CS-80 
> synths 

Yes - CS-80 on steroids. I'm sure you're already aware of these GX-1 
links, but just in case:

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/feb00/articles/yamahagx1.htm

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/mar00/articles/yamahagx1.htm

Well, if this Electone is the "home" version of the GX-1, at least it does by rough
appearance, then you need only listen to Emerson, Lake, & Palmer Works Vol.1 to get
an idea of the sounds.  Particularly, "Fanfare for the Common Man" and "Pirates". 
Stevie Wonder also used the GX-1 heavily on "Songs in the Key of Life".

Check the AH archives for some discussion on the GX-1.  There was a reference to an
article in SOS, available online, that went into great detail about the GX-1 and the
related Electones.  I do recall that programming new sounds was not trivial. 
However, there were a number of editable parameters available on the presets.

Good Luck!

   Eric

--- ivancu@... wrote:
> My problem is that I actually have a new place with a large empty area in the 
> living room, and I'm looking to fill it with something that looks cool and is 
> useful... thus the Electone!  Not sure how they sound; never heard this exact 
> model, but I remember seeing all the ads and lit for it at the time, and I 
> think there are some similarities to the CS-60/CS-80 synths and the Electone 
> combo organs of the time (I used to have one).  And it is just so COOL 
> looking; sort of the Jetsons meets 70's mod.
> 
> Ivan
> 


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In a message dated 10/17/00 11:21:51 AM, daveb@... writes:

<< Yes - CS-80 on steroids. I'm sure you're already aware of these GX-1 
links, but just in case: >>

Thanks for the links.  The EX-42 Electone is starting to scare me; I found an 
album credit using one that dates to 1971!  Earlier than I expected.  Was 
thinking more along the late 70's.  That predates the CS-synths by a number 
of years.

Ivan