i've always been obsessed with synth back panels -
http://redfish.net/backpanels/crap collection right now but i hope to expand it.
it used to really bug me that TV shows like Top of the Pops etc would
put black tape over the graphics to prevent advertising on the BBC. i
thought they should carve guitars into basically the same shape and
put black tape over their heads too! it's only fair.
what's everyone's favourite back panel? i think the first Emulator
has a rad one. also Moog Source and... Prophet VS.
>Fun topic. Got me thinking about when I was a teenager growing up in
>the 1980's first becoming interested in synthesizers. I remember
>thinking it was SO cool to have keyboards on an A-frame stand with
>"YAMAHA DX7" and "Emulator II" facing the camera in music videos,
>photos, or on stage. Mostly because back then there was no way I
>could ever realistically afford those instruments. Fast-forward to
>many many years later, that stuck with me so much that when I picked
>up a DX7IIFD and EII the cosmetic condition of the names on the back
>really mattered to me!
>
>Howie
