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. 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. 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.