Keyboards you wish you had never sold!

jeremykeys · Post by **jeremykeys** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:28 am

Most of us have sold a few keyboards over the years and regretted it. I wish I had every one I've ever owned even if I don't have room for them.

In order of the ones sold:
My first electronic keyboard, aan InstaPiano from Italy.
My Crumar DS-2 weird polyphonic synth and my Crumar Organizer, also both from Italy.
Don't really know why I was buying these Italian keyboards in Cananda except that at the time I liked the sounds of them.
The DS-2 had 2 oscillators, a variable pulse width and a sound that just screamed. The pitch bend was a lever that had just the right amount of resistance so you could actually do a proper vibrato like a guitar or violin player. Too bad it blew up! Couldn't find parts but the guy I sold it too said he thought he could fix it.
My Roland RS 202 String synth. Don't talk to me about this. Bad move.
Vintage Clavinet. Even older than the D6. Only 2 switches. Fed back better than a Les Paul and if I leaned into it I could bend notes. My band mates could not believe the sound! Another bad move but the hammer were shot and I could not find replacement part.
My Fender Rhodes Mark 1.
Okay. I admit it. I'm an idiot. Mind you I still have 10 keyboards right now. And even if one; my Polysix: isn't working, I'm still not doing too bad!
How about you? What are your regrets?

RonF · Post by **RonF** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:41 am

JD800
Wavestation
Oasys....until I got a Kronos

AllensWavestation · Post by **AllensWavestation** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:10 am

My Wavestation EX!

Bruce Lychee · Post by **Bruce Lychee** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:11 am

Yamaha CP1

DaveBoulden · Post by **DaveBoulden** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 11:09 am

E&MM Spectrum Monosynth

jeebustrain · Post by **jeebustrain** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:17 pm

my Oberheim OB-12 - didn't play it all that much and it wasn't a "true" Oberheim, but still had TONS of personality (and cool filters!).

Post by **Sharp** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:31 pm

My KORG Trinity.
That keyboard was an absolute workhorse. I gigged 7 nights a week with one and at the end of the night, it was thrown into the back of a trailer and driven all over the country.

Sounded great and was built like a tank.

Regards
Sharp.

ConnorP · Post by **ConnorP** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 1:31 am

Sold a Korg X2 to buy a Triton 10 years ago only to realise just how much better the X2's piano sound was than the Triton...miles better!

popmann · Post by **popmann** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:03 am

I always end up missing a patch or two...more than that, I don't sell. I've still got a D70 I spent years customizing during my years of recording studio work...pads for every situation. I've never been able to really "get" that sonic glue from newer boards. Its getting long enough in the tooth now, that I'm afraid it's days are numbered-so, I'm going to make a concerted effort to get the pads replicated in the Kronos--even if it means sampling them-or aspects of the sounds.

baboon · Post by **baboon** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:49 am

jupiter8

shawnhar · Post by **shawnhar** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 3:31 am

I sold my Roland D5 when I bought my Z1, but regret that now.

At the time I was only using it as a controller keyboard for various modules, but in retrospect that was a remarkably interesting and rich sounding synth engine. Basically the same as the D50 but without the internal effects.

ProfessorShred · Post by **ProfessorShred** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 4:39 am

Korg Wavestation
Yamaha AN1X
Chroma Polaris
Sequential Prophet 5
Roland JD800
Roland JP8000
Korg Radias

Ahhh,but I lOVE my Kronos

ronnfigg · Post by **ronnfigg** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 5:55 am

MiniMoog
Freeman String Symphonizer
Farfisa Compact Combo
Oh hell... any instrument I ever let go (although I should dump the accordian!). I am nostalgic!

Zeroesque · Post by **Zeroesque** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:55 am

Sharp wrote:My KORG Trinity.

+1

EnjoyRC · Post by **EnjoyRC** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:15 am

As mentioned earlier in this thread "Any keyboard I previously had".. I wish I'd never sell any of um. But, a few highlights.

MS20
M1
MicroMoog