Off topic - my attempt at an "arranger" keyboard back in 1985! I found this while scanning old photos. From 1985. My gig rig then was a Yamaha DX-7, a Yamaha SK20 (organ/synth), and sometimes a Sequential Circuits DrumTrax drum machine (although my 6pc band at the time had a drummer; so I used the DrumTrax only for jams playing around with). My how times have changed! :-)

(I hope that the links to 2 files come through OK)
Jim

Nice rig....Love the record player with 45 rpm adapter!!

WOW ... I still have one of those 'monster' Peavey speakers - we used them with the band in NY - and an amp head very similar to yours ... add to that a cordovox and a Fender Rhodes and it's no wonder I've got a back problem ... and if that's a 'technics' turntable I still have that also ...

great rig ...

How many $$$$ was all of that equipment approximately at that time? Just a guess is good enough for me. It's the curiosity getting the cat thingy. Jim, Tony?

boo ... I really can't even take a guess ...
I will say this: we must have had those speakers in the late 70's, early 80's because I moved to RI in '84 and knew about the move for over a year ... we would not have purchased a new PA system at that time ...

That looks like my Peavey KB300. I bought two in 1982 for about $250 each. They sure were heavy beasts @ around 100 lbs. I still have one I keep at the band room for guest bass players.

If memory serves - they are Peavey 1210T PA speakers. The KB series were self powered keyboard amps.

your memory serves you well UD, as shown in this e-bay ad
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Peavey-T-300-Speakers-/200982737517

They are described as T-300 1210T PA speakers ...

And they ARE the speakers we used ...

Yep, they are Peavey T-300. I had a KB300 and a KB500 - they were brutal to lift. Sure glad those days are long since gone. And I had a two keyboard setup, with a couple rack mount items on a third tier. I recall posting a photo of it here many years ago, back when it took 45 minutes to setup and you damned near developed a herina getting the gear out of the van and onto the refrigerator dolly. Back then I had a pair of Peavey SP5-G's mounted on poles, the speakers weighed about 75 pounds each and they were fired up with a Peavey 600-watt stereo powered mixer, which weighed more than my Bose L1 Compact. How life has changed, and for the better. Those were the days.

I recall talking with a group called the Hubcaps It took them all day to set up, so they set up the day before the job, using two tractor trailer loads of gear, one just for the sound system.



Gary

Some serious talent in those"HUBCAPS", Don

God Bless,
Don

They are very talented, originated in Baltimore if I recall, then began traveling worldwide. They have been headliners on many cruise ships, traveled to the UK, and my only complaint with them is they had a young kid on the soundboard who always cranked up to ear bleed volumes, volumes so high that it drove people out of the super large halls they performed at in the Baltimore area. There were times when they made a rock concert seem tame in comparison.

One thing is certain, though, they spend lots of time rehearsing and keeping their acts fresh.

Gary

I wish I'd kept a log of every keyboard, amp, speaker, drum machine, etc. that I bought, when I bought, how much $, when I sold, etc.! I remember that the DrumTrax was a little under $1000. The Yamaha keyboards - wasn't the DX-7 around $1500 back then? I just don't remember it very well. I know I put some "bucks" into all that gear though.

One of my biggest regrets is that I had an Arp Odyssey synth, which I sold dirt-cheap in the 80s - now they are worth several thousand dollars!

Jim

Here ya go, Jim. All is not lost:
http://www.korg.com/us/news/2014/0217/

I rarely use this acronym, but, "OMG"! I thought at first it might be an April Fools article, but it does not seem to be dated 4/1 ... ?! I wonder if it'll still be mono or duophonic like the original?!

I still wish I'd kept my original (I think it was a "3rd generation" Arp) though ... :-(

Jim

Jim, I think it's 'the real deal' plus modern connectivity and all that. Still got my original 1974 Micromoog, btw.