From ken@kenhall.ca Wed Oct 06 11:50:20 2010
Subject:Re: Ocean Beach Digital Drawbar Controller - first impressions!

I don't have one (yet) but I think the palm tree logo is cool.

Ken

> I know it's a slightly unfair comparison, not least as you can't plug it
> in to a Nord, but the NanoKontrol is £40.
>
> For the price of the Drawbars you can get a decent MIDI controller
> keyboard with faders, as well as rotaries, drum pads, keys. (Or get an SL
> Zero if you want a smaller keyless version).
>
> I think the thing that would most annoy me though is that Palm tree logo.
> You spend a thousand or two on a sleek-looking keyboard without stupid
> graphics on it, and stuck on top is a box that decides it must have a Palm
> tree logo on it. The colour might match by the style does not.
>
> Anyway I'm a grumpy sort, but it's the sort of thing that would bother me
> personally.
>
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, djacques@... wrote:
>>
>> Hard to say. We live in a time when pricing does not make much sense.
>> Especially in such a small market like Hammond clones. Nord owners have
>> secretly lusted over real drawbars for years. Now they can have them.
>> Price may not be an object. 300 for the drawbars along with 500 for.
>> Ventilator seems like a lot of money to upgrade an instrument.
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: "Stonedwolf"
>> Sender: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:14:01
>> To:
>> Reply-To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
>> Subject: Re: [CWSG] Ocean Beach Digital Drawbar Controller - first
>> impressions!
>>
>> Site says $280.
>>
>> Not sure if that includes shipping but it seems expensive for nine MIDI
>> drawbars.
>>
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