FR-8X v Accordion DEMO:

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGmPMMydP54&feature=youtu.be

Don't know how I'll square this with the warden, but got to have one!

Awesome instrument!!!.....wow Roland got their hands in everything,...I likey!!!

The accordion has come a loooong way, eh, fellas ...

You'll have to charm Alex and Lilianna to take your 7X back in trade...good luck with that! Any idea if this is lighter than the 7x, or of price? I could never see using a 25lb reedless when the advantage was supposed to be weight. Take a look at the Siwa & Figli millennium hybrid. At 18 lbs, better sounds, etc.
Can be totally reedles, or add 2 treble reed blocks (lm, lh).
Guenadiy Lazarov is a top notch dealer and player.
Siwa Figli

Here's a photo

To paraphrase The Who, if mommy has a squeeze box like that on her chest, then when daddy comes home he's never going get no rest!

It's kind of strange... we can barely get anyone here onto 76 note arrangers, let alone really want an 88, but when it comes to accordions, the bigger the better!

Honestly, if I'm going to stand on my feet for a set at a time with an accordion, a nice 48 bass or 72 tops is all I'm comfortable with. Got to admit, I get some mad money, I might seriously look into a Roland FR-1x to go with my 120 and 48 bass real accordions!

The Siwa is quite light, but still bulky... and expensive!

Man up Diki I used to play a 140 bass

I've done it... (not 140, but I still gig my 120 a fair bit). Didn't say I LIKED it!

I don't mind my G70's weight. I feel it twice a gig, as I put it out and back in the case (usually get the case raised up so I don't have to bend to the floor level... even I'm not getting any younger!), the rest of the time, it's on the stand.

But an accordion for an hour or more, especially in the Florida heat... put me down for as light as I can get away with, these days!

Yeah did that once too with the 140 Giulietti I owned, in heat very similar - in Townsville (in far north near tropical Queensland) . Was there for consecutive daily gigs for about 10 days way WAY back...

Although dunno if I could do it NOW

Here's my Vintage GALANTE !!

Here's my alpine-style Pietro Dolomite midi- for sale!

MOTHER OF PEARL !!!

This one is NOT mine, but is the SANO model I have:


...ahhh, the 'good old days' ...

Even though mine is only 24 lbs, I'm going all keyboard now. It would trade nicely for someone's pa3X or loaded up (Ajamsonic, hd, vocalizer) sd5.

Donny- What vintage is it? 60's??

Tony- Your but not yours? Is that like a step(child) instrument?

Here is my current accordion..I bought it new (custom made) and Sano amplified..1964...

LOL ... it is a photo of the same MODEL I have but not of MY accordion ...

Fran ... I do recognize the SANO pick-up ... I also had the SANO amp ... STEREO jack for the accordion ...

Was that the giant 85lb amp?

Tony I still have my Sano amp ..I bought it at the same time as the accordion..Stero with a 15" and 8" speakers..(50 watts)..We need to use the special 4 pin xlr cable (still have that too)...

Fran, you are not the only one... Some things I just cannot part with...

this amp is very similar to the one I have ...

meanwhile ... back to the topic :


BTW ... how about those 'chin activated' switches ???

Donny....I'm confused. Is that an accordion or a vacuum cleaner?