Starts Saturday Oct 26
Ends Sunday Nov 10, 12pm EDT
Yamaha DX7 (Needs mechanical work)
Provenance: Direct from Bootsy Collins
Verification: Verified by Wax Poetics
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Produced by Yamaha from 1983 to 1989, the DX7 was the definitive keyboard of the 1980s, and the first mass-market digital synthesizer. A true game-changer known for its shimmering, crystalline sound, the 61-key, 16-poly synthesizer with MIDI I/O was the first keyboard to use frequency modulation (FM) synthesis. By 1986, it was used on forty percent of all #1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, and sixty percent of R&B number ones. This is Bootsy Collins’ personal Yamaha DX7, used live for Bootsy’s Rubber Band shows as well as on albums like 1997’s Fresh Outta ‘P’ University. Adding a layer of extra authenticity is a sticker from long-defunct Cincinnati repair shop Secret Service (“The Musician’s Repair Center”) on the back.
The machine has some scratches and wear, as befitting a road-tested and time-honored tool of Bootsy’s funk machine. Includes Voice Rom data cartridge.