From Peter Forrest Sent Thu, Jan 11th 2018, 11:20
From Peter Forrest Sent Thu, Jan 11th 2018, 11:20
I got the Godwin SC600 back here today. 100kg and enormous, but luckily = the seller had kindly gone out and bought some casters and made a = trolley which fitted it better than the one I had taken. So a tail-lift = van and a trolley were useful - in fact essential. (The other one I had = dealings with was trashed by an attempt to transport it in an unsuitable = vehicle and getting dropped.) Lots of it aren't working - the drum machine / accompaniment, the = well-specified arpeggiator, the bass pedals, and the solo synth voice. = Plus levels are all over the place. But it still sounds incredible. = The string sounds are great, touch sensitivity is good, basic organ = sounds are good, and its 'repeat percussion' has speed and sustain = sliders, so you can get effects quite similar to the CS-80 - though you = have to do it manually.=20 I'm definitely going to get the schematics and get it fixed when I get = the chance. Thanks Steve for the heads-up. If I hadn't collected it, it was on its = way to the tip the next day, the seller said. Peter -----Original Message----- From: Peter Forrest [mailto:xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xx.xx]=20 Sent: 04 January 2018 14:13 To: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: RE: [AH] Heads-up[London, UK]: almost free Godwin mega = organ/synth/stringer I really love the X705. It looks fantastic and sounds pretty great too. = Hours of fun if you play it in a non-home-organ way. The Godwin looks = awful, but does sound superb (if it's working) - I reckon even better = than the Elka. Peter -----Original Message----- From: Steve Lenham [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx] Sent: 04 January 2018 11:05 To: xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx Subject: Re: [AH] Heads-up[London, UK]: almost free Godwin mega = organ/synth/stringer Excellent - my work here is done :-) How would you say the SC600 stacks up against the Elka X705? I managed = to sneak one of those into my shed but would have been eviscerated if = I'd tried the same with the Godwin... On 04/01/2018 10:41, Peter Forrest wrote: > Yes, they are really great organs. Worth the 400 mile round trip - I = just bought it - thanks for the heads-up, Steve! > Peter >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Lenham [mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx] > Sent: 04 January 2018 09:58 > To: Analogue Heaven > Subject: [AH] Heads-up[London, UK]: almost free Godwin mega=20 > organ/synth/stringer >=20 > Spotted this on eBay UK - a Godwin SC600 organ/synth/stringer/drum = machine being effectively given away! >=20 > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142644203659?ul_noapp=3Dtrue >=20 > Looks like grandma's organ but hides a Godwin string machine and a = digital monosynth with SSM2040 filter and aftertouch. >=20 > Only snag is that you have to collect it real fast...and have space = for it in the first place. I don't! >=20 > It'd be a tragedy for it to be scrapped. Peter Forrest is a fan and = can no doubt extol its virtues better than me. Here is his writeup from = a previous VEMIA (IIRC that particular unit was sadly destroyed in = transit): >=20 > http://www.spheremusic.com/Bargaindtl.asp?Item=3D8906 >=20 > It would be great if somebody could save it. BTW, I have no = association with the auction at all. >=20 > Cheers, >=20 > Steve L. >=20 >=20