These do sound great (used to run it through filter in on Roland SH09 to provide more character), but agree, one of the worst OS, an absolute nightmare to program from front panel! MIDI spec is decent so an Elektron sequencer would no doubt unlock some magic.
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It’s been a while since I flashed a PSP, but I think PSP 1000 and 2000 series are the easiest.
There are loads of guides around, and it’s probably equally doable on the 3000 today as well.
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Funny you should say that - I’ve got an SH-09 sitting on a stand next to the VZ…
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Match! SH09 is a great synth…
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Indeed. This is the same one I bought in the 80s… still going strong and still stays in tune.
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Picked up a Strymon Volante last night - my first fx pedal (after a year of waffling on which reverb pedal to get). My intention is to have fun. I suppose next I’ll have to go with a Big Sky.
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Yeah, a very stable synth and also solid build, they seem to last pretty well other than yellowing keyboards.
Sold mine mid 90’s and do miss it from time to time (along with many other synths I no longer own 
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Pair of 2nd hand Genelec 6010Bs. For monitoring, obviously.
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3000s are as easy as 1s and 2s nowadays. I did mine last summer.
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I haven’t bought anything for ages 
Not even an iOS app.
But maybe I should be posting in the ‘excessive gear’ thread .
Or get a job
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I found out about CITES and the shift away from rosewood shortly after I decided to shop for a Tele. I tried a Telecaster Deluxe a few years ago, and had been thinking about getting one but managed to control the GAS for it until recently. When I started looking for Deluxes they seemed to have disappeared. Eventually I found out what had happened - the CITES thing, name changes, etc.
I was going to go for a used channel-bound rosewood Tele, but I fell for the unusual ebony fretboard coloration, S1 switching, and contoured neck heel of the Tele Elite that I ended up buying.
I saw an interview with J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr, and even though he is pretty much known for Jazzmasters, he said he records with teles. That was a surprise to me.
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Love the guitar. Interesting that they are using ebony on that tele. My first real guitar from high school, which I still have, is a 1991 Fender Strat Ultra. At the time, it was the only strat to have an ebony fretboard, which is lovely to play. It is an oddball and has a crazy pickup setup that combined with the mini toggle gives 11-different combinations. I think they were originally envisioning them for session musicians.
This is sort of the strat equivalent to the Tele Plus that Johnny Greenwood played on the first couple of Radiohead albums.
Kelley Deal from The Breeders had the same guitar, but in a beautiful red.
Also, Andy Gill of Gang of Four:
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Beautiful Strat, I love the colour. Would like to see how it looks with a black scratchplate.
As a teenager I was fortunate enough to have access to one of the early Jeff Beck custom shop models and that had a similar kind of setup, with the Lace Sensors (five position switch plus the button to switch the bridge pickup mode I think?), the roller nut, etc. That had a rosewood fingerboard. Wonderful guitar.
My current guitar is a white-blond ‘50s repro Tele with a maple neck, but I’m horribly out of practice. Haven’t been in a guitar band for more than 15 years.
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Thanks man. I would love to get a black anodized aluminum pickguard like on Thurston Moore’s signature Jazzmaster (I love that guitar).
http://guitarspecs.net/guitar/specs/178/thurston-moore-jazzmaster_fender
It’s not clear from that picture but my white scratchplate has gone yellow/mint green from age and having it in a smokey dorm room back in the 90s. I almost feel like it would be a shame to lose the natural wear by changing guards so I’m torn.
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Not to derail the thread but it’s funny that you say that, I actually have a watch with a petrol blue / black sunburst dial that is just like that, and one of the best things is the way the slightly mint/yellow colour of the luminescent markers pops off it. It’s definitely a nice colour combination.
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I just bought an Apple refurbished Macbook Pro 2018. It’s going to replace my old 2013 Macbook Pro, and hopefully enable me to use some of the more CPU hungry plugs without having to freeze tracks, increase buffer sizes etc etc. I also got a Caldigit TS3 Plus Thunderbolt dock to go with it, which will hopefully circumvent the USB audio issues that some people have reported
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Beautiful Strat Ultra! If it were mine I’d be inclined to keep the scratchplate because of the memories, but the anodized idea sounds cool. Looks a lot like the one I tried at a music store in the 90. I could barely play at the time, then a teenager took his turn on it and he made it sound much better, lol.
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Volca keys on the way as a portable OT synth companion, primarily for travel.
My job has required more travel this year and it’s nice to have the OT in a hotel room with my laptop. Being productive or just passing the time.
I’ve also missed my old A4 a bit lately but haven’t had the budget for an analog poly costing much more than a Volca.
Looking forward to getting wild on the CC#s and the OT MIDI ARP. And I suspect this will be my main sample food for Daren’s OT science lab challenge.
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Smart! You’ve done your research.
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