SYNTH GEMS 1 – Exploring Vintage Synthesizers: The Rare, The Odd, and The Awesome

SYNTH GEMS 1 is your guide to an eclectic and amazing collection of synthesizers as art. Experience the history, technology, and sonic innovation of electronic music in a completely new way. 

As much for serious synth enthusiasts as for newcomers to electronic music, SYNTH GEMS 1 is an enlightening look into the wonderful world of vintage synthesizers.

Known classics and significant rarities - Explore the designs and read the stories behind instruments from famous brands such as ARP, Casio, Clavia, Korg, Moog, Oberheim, Roland, Sequential, and Yamaha – as well as vintage gems from Crumar, Electronic Dream Plant, Elgam, E-mu, Ensoniq, Fairlight, Kawai, Gleeman, Lord Synthesisers, Steiner-Parker, Technics, Waldorf, and more.

• 60+ selected vintage synthesizers
• 330+ unique color photos
• Foreword by master synthesist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, Erasure)
• 320 colorful pages printed on high-quality certified-ecofriendly paper
• Hardcover format (9.8″ x 9.8″ / 25 x 25 cm)

The Bob Moog Foundation is pleased to offer a very limited supply of signed copies of the book by author Mike Metlay in support of the Foundation.  Please click here to purchase your limited availability copy while supplies last

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