Happy Jack

Roland XP-10 Multitimbral Synthesizer including generic AC adaptor & printed & bound manual. This is a 5-octave, 61-key unit with a surprisingly wide range of features. Used but fully functional, this is in excellent condition for a 25-year-old synth, and would be equally useful as a cheap & cheerful stage unit in a live setting, or as a simple startpoint for a beginning keyboard player. BASICS Despite being 'entry-level' in 1994, the XP-10 still provides a large range of quality sounds including: · pianos, · organs, · strings, · synth sounds & effects, · drum sounds. There's also a nice, sensitive tonewheel for 'bending' the notes when playing synth solos. The XP-10 does NOT have on-board amplification. Outputs include 1/4" jacks (L & R with L Only = Mono) to plug the keyboard through an amp, combo, or PA, plus a headphone socket for silent practice. FEATURES FOR LIVE PLAYING This was one of the earliest keyboards to allow split sounds between right & left hands ... the lower half of the keyboard can be set to 'double bass' while the upper half is set to 'piano', for example. If you're not great at playing in keys with three sharps or four flats, the XP10 has a very quick-and-simple transpose function which allows you to play in (for example) C and F while actually producing music in the keys of E and A. These features are very handy for live use, especially if keys are being changed at short notice like a jam session. MIDI STUFF The Roland XP10 is multitimbral, allowing multiple sounds to be played simultaneously using MIDI input. It is a simple GM-compatible synthesiser that is ideal as a sound source for playing back General MIDI sequencer files. The sample set is drawn from the Roland JV- and XP-series of synthesisers. There is also an arpeggiator that can be synced to the MIDI clock. BAD STUFF The only issue with this unit is that the On/Off button has always been dodgy since I bought it ten years ago. The guy I bought it from showed me how to wedge a matchstick in to hold it in the 'On' position. The matchstick you see in the photo has been there since 2011. No extra charge. SO WHY SELL IT? Thanks to Lockdown, I've been spending far more time playing R'n'R piano than bass, and I now feel an urgent need for a keyboard with 88 weighted keys. This one has to go to help fund the upgrade. I've never really used MIDI anyway. Dimensions = 93 x 29 x 9 cm, Weight = 5kg The keyboard is in Harrow (NW London) and, whilst I distance socially as much as the next guy, I'm quite happy to meet (carefully and under appropriate medical supervision) in order to hand this over. Within a sensible (i.e. short) distance, of course. Failing which, I have enough cardboard to do make a decent fist of packing this for a courier.

Sad to relate, I have no idea. I think I sold it to @martin8708 (on the Isle of Wight) but it was a long time ago!

My old KBP5 would still be my first-choice stage bass if I hadn't shifted allegiance to Mike Lull! The KBP5 is easily the best-sounding 34" low B I've played.

Never seen one before. Very cool, though the heavy metal headstock ain't my thing.

None of my business, Raj, but maybe your advert could be a bit lighter on all the work you did, and a bit heavier on the actual bass? I've read the advert and looked at the photos, but I have no clue what all those knobs and switches do, I don't know how much the bass weighs or whether it hangs well from a strap, I can't begin to guess what it might sound like or how it plays. Hell, I don't even know if it comes with a gigbag! As you say, it's a very rare bass. You can safely assume that most Basschatters probably know about as much about it as me ...