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"This is a rare YAMAHA GS-1 DIGITAL FM SYNTHESIZER.
This is the first digital FM synthesizer made by Yamaha, and the forerunner of the Yamaha DX7.
Yamaha made only 100 pieces of this instrument.
The GS-1 has a nice 88 wooden, weighted, hammer-action keyboard.
Specifications:
Pre DX-7 early FM piano style instrument
88 keys, A-C
Vibrato and tremolo sections (each with speed and depth knobs),3-band EQ
Detune knob offer four settings: shallow and deep 'static' detune, and shallow and deep 'random' detune.
Master volume control
Ensemble On/Off switch
16-voice synthesizers
The Instrument is in a very good condition and working."
Some shots of the inside below.
It is sad to watch this pictures. This GS1 is not complete, it is damaged and it seems as if the former owner has thrown it out of the window. Most of the GS1 ended like this. I had a phone call with the former distribution manager of Yamaha and he told me, that only 50 - 100 GS1 have been produced (another source inside Yamaha says 70-80). So you can imagine, that only a few are still existing. Another problem is the magnetic card, which stores the presets. Many of these cards have been lost and without them the GS1 is worthless. So I wonder if there are more than 20 GS1 existing. This one is from Israel. I know one, which has been found in Czech Republic and it was sold to Sweden. The ABBA-GS1 is located at the museum in Goeteborg and the Tastronauten in Germany still have one: www.tastronauten.de
ReplyDeleteDefinitely sad. It's always odd to me that people don't take care of their investments. Then again, maybe this one went to restoring another.
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