Members TrancedelicBlues Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Buy it now for $250,000.00 :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members midi Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Not any more..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BillyWa Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Still there - item# 7354713788 I would not pay a dime over $180,000.00 myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TrancedelicBlues Posted October 1, 2005 Author Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by BillyWa I would not pay a dime over $180,000.00 myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FatBaron Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 I would say it's worth about $20k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Real MC Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 I recognize the buyer. He's been trying to sell that for at least a year now. It was listed on his private website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by FatBaron I would say it's worth about $20k. That's because you have no idea what you're talking about. There's under half a dozen of them in existence, and the ones that are still working tend to be owned by people like like Keith Emerson or Ralph Zimmerman or John Paul Jones. Those are the kinds of people with so much money that if you really wanted to wrestle a rare instrument out of their grasp that they really wanted, you'd have to make it worth their while. Seriously though, $20k? They were worth $40k NEW in 1974, and that's also in 1974 dollars. They cost more than a house. In the case of this one, the original buyer paid $50k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 I'm literally heartbroken, I want it so badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Actually I'm thrilled as {censored}! These are the best pictures I've EVER seen of one of these...it's like someone found bigfoot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BOBA JFET Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 I don't even know if I could even accept something like that for free. Where would I put it and how would I take care of it, let alone make music with it? It belongs in a museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TDman Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 BIN: $250,000..... In this case, BIN = Buy It Never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members urbanscallywag Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7354713788 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members urbanscallywag Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 What cost $50000 in 1974 would cost $207881.35 in 2005. According to http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by BOBA JFET I don't even know if I could even accept something like that for free. Where would I put it and how would I take care of it, let alone make music with it? It belongs in a museum. It belongs back on tour with Led Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by urbanscallywag What cost $50000 in 1974 would cost $207881.35 in 2005. According to http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ So it's only gone up roughly forty thousand dollars in value since it was built? Not too shabby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members urbanscallywag Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by Fear My Potato It belongs back on tour with Led Zeppelin Bah, it belongs in a church with other ORGANS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by urbanscallywag Bah, it belongs in a church with other ORGANS! Yeah, it's a really {censored}ty pipe organ emulator so I hear, that's why they were so unpopular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members urbanscallywag Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by Fear My Potato Yeah, it's a really {censored}ty pipe organ emulator so I hear, that's why they were so unpopular Where can I hear a GX-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cydonia Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 It was worth around $50K in 1975 because then it was a true innovative instrument. Consider now the possibilities offered by a GX-1 compared to certain top new synths today... And it's a totally different story. Another problem is : do you have an extra room in your house just for this thing? Nice pics of the monster though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 My personal impressions of the GX-1's potential comes from Led Zeppelin, specifically their album "In Through The Out Door". I think this album is the best example of the GX-1 used properly, but that's my take on it. I think Emerson Lake and Palmer were overly cheesy in their use of it, whereas Led Zeppelin captures the power of the {censored}ing thing. "In the Evening" is a great example of how dark you can make it...John Paul Jones used it for the strings mainly. "Carouselambra"...this is the song you want to hear if you want to know what the GX-1 can do. Consider it a ten minute GX-1 thesis...the synth takes center stage to entire song and he really shows off what it'll do. Initially he uses it for a brassy type sound, then later on if you pay close attention around the part around 2:10 in you can hear weird warbly noises being generated by the GX-1 underneath the main lead...I have no idea how he got that sound. I can play this entire song and have a pretty close patch on my Roland XP-30, but it doesn't have the power to sneak that little nuance into the patch, nor do I have the programming genius to figure out how to make the sound. Hence my need (not want) for a GX-1 "All My Love" shows off the GX-1 as an instrument. Again it is used for strings, then has a brassy solo midway through the song where John Paul Jones uses the smaller, top, third manual of the GX-1. A little known fact is that the GX-1 had a lot of strange interfaces...ribbon controllers, weird things to push, and the third manual (the smallest) had keys that could be wiggled side to side to generate vibrato. This is how he pulled off this solo the way he did. I definately recommend giving those three songs a listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by Cydonia It was worth around $50K in 1975 because then it was a true innovative instrument. Slightly more innovative than the OAY***...I digress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by urbanscallywag Where can I hear a GX-1? Aside from the Led Zeppelin I cited, the Yamaha CS-80 is very similar to the GX-1. According to the Christian bible, man was created in God's image. Man is the CS-80, the GX-1 is God No, but the GX-1 was a massive experiment type deal, and a couple years later when the technology became more affordable and markettable, they released the GX-1 concept in the CS-80...basically a single-manual version of its God, without the interface controls, the bass pedals, and the liquid sex case. Man, I still listen to "In the Evening" and get shivers thinking of sitting in a stadium with the audience waiting in a haze of smoke...suddenly you hear weird eerie noises and BOOM the lights kick on and they come into the song, with John Paul Jones in full glory sitting behind the controls of the white beast. What's so exciting about this particular GX-1 event for me (this e-bay sale) is that I have never EVER seen pictures of the speakers! As if the synth itself isn't sexy enough on it's own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fear My Potato Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 You can kinda hear it here, but the quality does it no justice...it could be a Yamaha PSR and you'd never know with that quality, plus you miss the most impressive parts http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002JSP/ref=ase_myspace08-20/104-1372966-2450338?v=glance&s=music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members suitandtieguy Posted October 1, 2005 Members Share Posted October 1, 2005 Originally posted by urbanscallywag Where can I hear a GX-1? uh "Fanfare for the Common Man" and "Pirates" by ELP are two very awesome tunes with GX-1 on them. "cheesy"? whatever. JPJ, KE, stevie wonder, ABBA ... they all made that thing sound good. go listen to "Fanfare ..." and tell me it's cheesy. {censored} ... that's the most badass polysynth track in blues-rock history. what ELP stuff did you think sounded "cheesy", Mr Potato? you are probably confusing the GX-1 for the Polymoog prototype KE was using in '74 ... alot of the tracks on Works Volume II were actually from _that_ period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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