I agree that it’s probably unlikely that any arranger is going to become a valued classic 30 years from now. But then again, I didn’t think that an 808 was going to be worth thousands when everybody got rid of theirs to get LinnDrums or DMX’s or Drumulators!

I didn’t think 2600’s or Minimoog’s would be worth a fortune when we got our OBXa’s and Prophet’s which could play chords!

But young players found new styles of music using those old fossils that were going for next to nothing, turned them back into highly prized gear when the new styles became global hits.

Who knows what a talented kid might be able to squeeze out of an abandoned PA4X years from now? I know few of us squeeze much out of it other than what’s on the surface… We tend to want our innovation to come from the next model, and the next, and the next. But talented broke kids make their innovation themselves with the cheap used gear we discard in our race to move on to the latest thing.

I look forward to hearing what some kid out of Delhi or Riyadh will do with an abandoned old arranger. It might be amazing! 🎹😎