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Yeah, they were cliche by 1989, but I assume they are great for performing and people seem infatuated by them.

Are there any that you recommend, are reliable, or affordable? Or is it more trouble than its worth?

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Yamaha SHS-10 will cost you anything from 1$ to 50$ (just a guess, I bought mine for 40€)

It has Midi out and it has couple of pretty awesome sounds. I love mine, even though it's in pretty bad shape after lots of gigs:D

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ive wanted a yamaha shs-10 for a couple years =[
ive only seen em go for like $150-300...

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The Silph Scope wrote:

ive only seen em go for like $150-300...

Fuuu.... Well maybe I just got lucky, I bought mine 2008 (or 2007).

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I got a SHS-10 for £40 ish as well, it has a missing key though, and I can't seem to find a same-sized replacement, HNNNNG

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calmdownkidder wrote:

I got a SHS-10 for £40 ish as well, it has a missing key though, and I can't seem to find a same-sized replacement, HNNNNG

Replacements are for pussies! I made the one key I needed from duct tape!

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How did you manage that?

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Yea but do COOL keytars exist?

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I got a Yamaha SHS-10.
It costed next to nothing but it has no numeric value for me, it is a very dear present from the legendary firestARTer to me.
big_smile

You really can find it for cheap at fleamarkets. Forget about ebay.

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herr_prof wrote:

Yea but do COOL keytars exist?


LOL The only cool keytar belongs to George Duke

He makes TV Death Squad jealous...

Last edited by RushCoil (Jan 28, 2010 4:36 pm)

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calmdownkidder wrote:

How did you manage that?

Ducttape or destroying the keys?

Keys fell off when I throwed/dropped my keytar and I was too drunk to pick them after the gig.

And duct-tape..well that was the only thing available before next gig. I made tiny keys rolling duct tape around itself:) Why it was the only thing, that's whole another story involving Police, night in jail, being afraid of missing the gig and lot of other stuff:D But it was awesome night and the gig went very well!

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DKSTR wrote:

story involving Police, night in jail, being afraid of missing the gig and lot of other stuff:D But it was awesome night and the gig went very well!

Sounds like one of the best gigs in the world xD

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You guys get in jail so easily!

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akira^8GB wrote:
DKSTR wrote:

story involving Police, night in jail, being afraid of missing the gig and lot of other stuff:D But it was awesome night and the gig went very well!

Sounds like one of the best gigs in the world xD

Yeah I think that was all of the rock'n'roll lifestyle I will ever experience in my life in 24 hours:P

The gig where I originally destroyed my keytar was like 2 weeks earlier than that gig after night spent in jail, so there's no smashing keytars to police forces or anything,haha!

Sorry about off-topic, back to keytars!