Saturday, February 23, 2008
The paradize of synthesizers
YouTube via tomspiritcatcher. The paradise of synthesizers.
"A travelling in the most amazing shop selling vintage synthesizers in Tokyo. It's called "FiveG" http://www.fiveg.net/. I could spend all days there and waste all my money to buy everything..."
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What was the little keyboard with the red sides and the inclined panel?
ReplyDeletedang, that's sick!
ReplyDeleteI think the price on the memorymoog said: 308,000 yen... which would be about $2,872. Not terrible.
ReplyDeleteYes, FiveG is to the real world what Matrixsynth is to the Web.
ReplyDeleteI visited FiveG many times while i lived in Tokyo. It's an amazing place. A lot of the big pop/synth musicians in Japan shop there. Actually, it's associated with a local technical college. It's also the Japanese distributor for Doepfer, AS, etc. I bought a few things there.
It's on the 4th floor in a weird little building across the street from the Harajuku train station. There's a go-go club on the floor below (I never visited it!) and Harajuku is a goth hangout.
Be careful spending your money - in Japan, Japanese vintage synths can be 1/4 the US price, but American vintage synths and Doepfer/AS can be very expensive. FiveG is nice, but they can refuse to sell to you if they think a synth isn't perfect or they want to keep their collection.
FiveG is on the WWW at http://www.fiveg.net
zevion, the little keyboard with the red sides is a Korg 770 with custom end panels.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info peterwendt!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, zevion.
ReplyDeletePoor matrix. I need my own blog >:>
Some more suggestions:
My favorite new-gear store in Tokyo:
RockOn (in Shibuya) http://www.miroc.co.jp
Very friendly and helpful.
Other favorite vintage synth store:
Echigoya Music http://www.echigoyamusic.com
Don't know if they still have their little shop in Shibuya. They had a Polivoks and a Gleeman Pentaphonic! They were REALLY nice folks.
Otherwise, wherever you go in Japan, buy an issue of the Japanese magazines Sound&Recording or Keyboard and try to decipher the ads.
I bought some "occasion" stuff at sofmap music section shop Akihabara - they had some vintage stuff (changing weekly) while selling mostly new items. Price levels at FiveG are very high but items are usually in "as new" condition
ReplyDeleteWow, the prices for japanese synths sure are ok. Indeed when you consider that it is a shop and the condition of the stuff. A Jupiter 8 for less than a Xbase999....
ReplyDeleteSofmap and LAOX in Akihabara were good for new stuff and Sofmap had a good used-synth floor. The stock is good-quality, but you buy as-is. I had no problems with them.
ReplyDeleteAS Dave says, the difference with FiveG is that they restore what they sell to as-new condition.
I meant "pac", not "Dave". Must be asleep.
ReplyDeleteSofmap and LAOX in Akihabara were good for new stuff and Sofmap had a good used-synth floor. The stock is good-quality, but you buy as-is. I had no problems with them.
ReplyDeleteAS Dave says, the difference with FiveG is that they restore what they sell to as-new condition.