Back When Synths Were Beautiful

[Niall Munnelly]

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 09:09:41AM +0200, Jay Vaughan wrote:
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160284036622
> 
> 
> oh the times in the 80's and 90's when i could have bought one of  
> these things for a few hundred bucks .. oh man, why have i been so  
> miserable to myself and denied myself the pleasure of owning such a  
> beauty .. grr ...

I'd always wondered why there were so disproportionately
many Roland instruments in Australia.  Someone explained why
a couple of months ago:

==
In the 70's & 80's, Australia was Roland's testing ground
for many new products. 

Australia, being a small population and with a good
marketing distribution channel allowed Roland Australia to form up. 

As a result, we over here have many more Roland vintage
synths than the American brands, Korg or Yamaha. 

If a product did well in Australia, then it was released
further to other countries. 

Some of the more obscure Roland products are also more
prevalent here - part of the "testing ground" philosophy. 

There are probably more 303's & 202's in Australia than
anywhere else. 

I am not surprised when someone says a particular Roland
model is rare in their country, but over here it may be rather
common.
==

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Niall.
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