Product: Acetone Top-8
Price Paid: 120 (pounds sterling) used
Submitted
03/03/2004
at
04:02pm
by
Paul Williams
Ease of Use
:
10
Software version - There's nothing soft about this.
Presets - ha ha!.
Patches ha ha ha!
Manual? What manual?
This is a japanese 1960s combo organ made by Acetone who eventually became Roland. Or at least the guy who ran acetone set up roland.
It has 7 footage tabs, 2 sustain tabs, a vibrato tab and 2 bass tabs all described below. It also has vibrato depth and speed, a volume, tone and balance knob.
None of the knobs probably work exactly as they originally did when it was new. But it does work - and this thing rocks!
Features
:
9
Full polyphony
Effects - vibrato and wierd sustain.
midi? - er no or any other post 1967 new fangled gadget.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
8
It does a very good 1960s combo organ! Cos that's what it is.
Actually I have other combos - 2 voxes a jaguar and a continental 2. Neither work too well - like most voxes - so it's outdoing them at the moment. I also have 2 yamaha's - a YC20 and a YC25D. Both sound great but both weigh a ton and are very bulky - I generally take this to most jobs or rehearsals. I use two settings - 1) Turn the vibrato off & turn on the 16' flute, 8' clarinet & 4' flute - put it through a Korg G4 leslie pedal for hammond sounds. Not as good as the YC25D but much more portable.
2) Vibrato on 16' flute, 8' & 4' strings, G4 off for cheesy combo organ.
If I'm playing a blues/r&b gig where I'm using a lot of organ & piano sounds I take out the yamaha. If I'm doing a wedding or similar where I need a lot of synth sounds but want some cheesy combo organ and hammond to cover some songs I take this out along with a Korg N264 & Juno 60.
Reliability
:
9
Well I have a backup in terms of the organ sounds on the Korg but there's nothing on there that sounds like this! So far though it hasn't let me done once.
Customer Support
:
1
From Acetone - only in the history books.
Overall Rating
:
10
I won this on ebay in the UK and I've never seen another like it. Even on ebay in the US they don't seem to turn up much - certainly compared with voxes which appear all the time. If I lost it I would try to heave the yamaha around or get the vox fixed - but I'd be heartbroken. Personally I think this is the best value instrument I've ever bought.
Product: Acetone Top-8
Price Paid: US $120 used
Submitted
05/29/2002
at
07:32pm
by
greg
Ease of Use
:
10
very easy - just enable tabs and play
Features
:
7
unlimitied polyphony , split for bass(essential) wonderful flash gorden theremin vibrato , two bass tabs (soft, sharp) footages as 16 (flute) 8(trumpet , flute , stings ) and 4 (strings,clarinet) 2 sustain tabs . Vibrato depth and rate . Other knobs for volume , balence and tone .
No midi . Never had it , never will .
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
9
perfect for that pre-moog synth sound . Very cheesy , but harsh if need be . Some great overloading capabilities and soft drones that go on for ever. Borderline music concrete
Reliability
:
9
had it for 2 years and nary a care
this monster really lasts and lasts . I would gig on it without a backup , sure .
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
N/A
soooooo out of buisness
Overall Rating
:
8
i would probably go for a yamaha yc-20 or yc-30 if next purchase . i have a farfisa compact deluxe which works fine as well. This one is for the home studio and writing room
I love it's simpicity and harshness . always record direct with this thing , with a nice overdrive/tube screamer . Never fails for that ballsy sound .
if anyone wants to buy this for 120 used . and are in the chicago are please e-mail me .
