A very common request or idea for a present or gift is to buy someone a guitar. This is a wonderful thing as the joy of making music is something you come to treasure and a tremendous source of personal...
Yamaha DJX Mk1 I cannot say anything bad about this machine - it almost lacks nothing unless you are a home organist looking for auto-RHUMBA arrangements. The DJX is full of rave and electro type rhythms...
The following points are things that I have learnt through buying and selling guitars on eBay in the UK. Hope it is of some use to others. 1. Research the guitar you want to bid on and find out the 'going...
Yamaha DD-10 The DD-10 is a stereo digital drum machine with 8 touch sensitive drum pads,98 preset rhythms played on some 26 or so drums. It comes with one demo pattern and the ability to store 2 user...
Roland D5 The Roland D5 is a 5 Octave full size multi-timbral keyboard with MIDI.It is part of the D series which had the enormously successful D10 and D20 which were much used by pop bands of yore. Standing...
Yamaha PSR420 The PSR 420 is a 5 octave stereo touch sensitive keyboard with 128 GM voices 8 drum kits and 100 Rhythms. The 420 includes a registration feature which stores front panel settings that you have...
Casio SK-1 SK-5 Both of these keyboards have their own in-built tones and have the capacity to sample external sounds for use on the keyboard. In the case of the SK-1 only one sample can be stored,and in...
Yamaha SHS10 Keytar The SHS 10 is a small 2+ octave clavitar [keytar] that is worn around the shoulder and played guitar-style.I picked mine up for nothing as it was slightly lacking in keys and would not...
CASIO CZ-1000 The CASIO CZ-1000 and it's smaller playmate the CZ-101,which is a mini-keys version - both use PHASE Distortion synthesis - this is often traded as "rather like Yamaha DX",but it is a...
Casio MT 540/CT460 The MT540 is a mini-keyed stereo "tone bank" 4 octave keyboard which judging by its heritage uses PCM [Pulse Code Modulation] sound sources. The manual indicates that it suffices also...