I think a reface YC is my next purchase, if I can find one used.

Kniferide wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:04 pm

numberthirty wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 7:34 pm
It's like you guys can read my mind sometimes...

With one of these and the little red YC organ thing in a rack you are really close to the usefulness of a nord for a lot les money.

It's also the sort of thing that "Back In The Day...' Yamaha would never have got caught slipping on.

Certainly a bit of a bummer that they are taking their eye off of the ball these days.

numberthirty wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 6:19 pm

Kniferide wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 4:04 pm

numberthirty wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 7:34 pm
It's like you guys can read my mind sometimes...

With one of these and the little red YC organ thing in a rack you are really close to the usefulness of a nord for a lot les money.

It's also the sort of thing that "Back In The Day...' Yamaha would never have got caught slipping on.

Certainly a bit of a bummer that they are taking their eye off of the ball these days.

Rack mounted stuff isn't as in fashion across the board for synth stuff. They are more likely to make little cute desktop units with rubber feet that you can never really find a good place to set them down or keep them from falling off your desk. See basically every UA IO made in the last 7 years for example.

Kniferide wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:15 pm Rack mounted stuff isn't as in fashion across the board for synth stuff. They are more likely to make little cute desktop units with rubber feet that you can never really find a good place to set them down or keep them from falling off your desk. See basically every UA IO made in the last 7 years for example.

500 Series (and to a lesser degree Eurorack) stuff is super hot right now.

tommy wrote: Fri Mar 25, 2022 12:38 pm

Kniferide wrote: Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:15 pm Rack mounted stuff isn't as in fashion across the board for synth stuff. They are more likely to make little cute desktop units with rubber feet that you can never really find a good place to set them down or keep them from falling off your desk. See basically every UA IO made in the last 7 years for example.

500 Series (and to a lesser degree Eurorack) stuff is super hot right now.

Not sure you could jam one of those Yamaha circuit boards into a Euro, but it would be cool to have a "Classic Electric Piano" and a little Draw bar style in a euro rack for sure. Even if it was really good digital sampled stuff. The size/patchability would be great.

Nate Dort wrote: Wed Mar 23, 2022 2:36 pm

That is really cool. Like said above, you could have a really powerful set up making a few more modules like that. I really like the reface series. A bit of a contradiction: as a hack, I do not mind mini-keyboards yet those yamahas feel a little too pricey for a mini-keyboard so I won't get one.

I realise this is a little late to the party given Mr Jury's previous efforts along these lines, but - 13 years ago the Bass VI was unobtainable and I decided to try to make one by hacking a shortscale Jazz Bass neck and looking for a body. Then I decided it should be a "what if" Fender had made a Mustang VI. Then I abandoned the project (several times). After collecting bits in occasional bursts I've now finished hacking the neck and attached it to a Squier Mustang Bass body so it kinda exists now! Lots more work with pickups, pickguard etc and lacquering the neck. But darned if it doesn't play beautifully even in this rough state. Paper cutouts for the pickguard tell me I need a wider control plate a la the Mustang Bass:

That's shit hot and I would play it.

Nate Dort wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 6:30 pm That's shit hot and I would play it.

Agreed! Though, I've just been jonesing for a plain old shortscale bass lately. I don't know how to play bass, but always wanted to dabble. I looked up those old Squier Music Master basses, and the prices were all over the place. Meh. I love that look though.

There are some killer Squier "proper" Bass VIs on the market these days, e.g. https://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/pr ... ap-1123659
The VI is nifty because even basic guitar riffs sound like thunder an octave down, and you can play chords as usual (at least higher up the neck) with pretty startling results. Doesn't have the thump of a longscale bass but it's a lot of fun.