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San Diego

Alright, so this is my Casio FK-1 Bass Pedal.


Most of you will have no idea what this thing is so I decided to share this rare item. This was originally the bass pedal for the Casio Symphonytron 8000. Here is a really good site to give more in depth info on the whole system  http://www.electone.com/article/?f=view&i=119 . If you read on that site you'll see that only 100 of these were ever made. I just so happened upon this piece on ebay a few days back and picked it up for a whole $10.53 USD. http://www.ebay.com/itm/140674330732?ss … 720wt_1396  Lucky for me I was located in the same area as the guy selling it so I was able to do a local pickup. While I was on my way the guy sent me a message telling me that the thing wasn't turning on for some reason and he would just refund my money back but let me pick the pedal up anyway! Talk about a sweet deal! Told me he only wanted it to go to a good home. smile  I also found out this thing is really big, 27.5in by 21.5in (70cm by 55cm). After opening up the pedal I found it was nothing more than 2 blown fuses, easy fix.


As I got to talking to the guy about the rest of the synth I found out he torched it....literally....because no one would take the damn thing. Here is the actual video of it being torched. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvHaRzyu1Aw   After opening up the pedal as well I found a bit of the white dust from that extinguisher still inside of it.   (Sorry for the crappy photos)


I also found out the only other video on youtube about this item was actually posted by the same guy. Sadly this is the only way to really hear this thing play, at least until I get it up and running again. wink   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCu0lSlKn60 

So that's my new toy! Hope you guys liked learning about this thing and I'm open to suggestions for any mods that can be done to it. Nothing huge, maybe a small kit from getlofi or something that can be easily installed to the audio out. Don't want to ruin this bad boy for nothing. wink

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buffalo, NY

Wow those are like Moog Taurus pedals which are pretty fucking rare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_Taurus

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Milwaukee Area, WI

This is what I love most about being a musician. Scrounging for old and discarded equipment and giving it a second life to make beautiful lo-fi music.

Great find! Can't wait to hear what you do with it!

Last edited by Moriokun (Jan 17, 2012 4:45 am)

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San Diego
danimal cannon wrote:

Wow those are like Moog Taurus pedals which are pretty fucking rare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moog_Taurus


This was exactly the reason I wanted it. Even though it doesn't have the built in effects of a Taurus it still is the basic bare bones of one. Hell, even if I had to purchase the thing, the barely $11 I threw down would have been well worth it. I'm really excited to get it up and running again. If it didn't have to be plugged in I'd think about bending it myself but I don't want to fry any of the chips in it since it's so rare now. I'll keep this post up to date with any progress or lo-fi kits I put on it. wink

I almost forgot to mention the guy gave me the Volume Pedal as well (aka VP-2) along with this thing!

Last edited by Vile (Jan 17, 2012 7:24 am)