Models

4 models

  • Technical line drawing of Bond Electraglide

    Bond Electraglide

    Electric guitar made in England in the mid-1980s

    Electric guitar · United Kingdom

    A futuristic British electric guitar of the mid-1980s, the Electraglide had a molded carbon-fiber body, a stepped fingerboard in place of conventional frets, and a digital control panel with an electroluminescent readout. Hugely ambitious and expensive, it was a commercial failure that helped sink its maker.

  • Yamaha RX11

    Yamaha's answer to the LinnDrum

    Drum machine · Japan

    The RX11 sampled acoustic drums at twelve bits with individual outputs and MIDI, and its dry, clean voices sit under a great deal of mid-1980s pop that wanted the Linn sound without the Linn.

  • Sequential Drumtraks

    Sequential Circuits' sampled drum machine

    Drum machine · United States

    Drumtraks put thirteen sampled voices, individual tuning, and MIDI into a machine aimed squarely at the LinnDrum, and its chips can be swapped for other sounds — which is why no two are quite alike now.

  • Linn 9000

    Drum machine and MIDI sequencer in one

    Drum machine · United States

    The 9000 combined sampled drums, velocity-sensitive pads, and a 32-track MIDI sequencer, and its sampling option arrived as an upgrade. It was ambitious enough to help bankrupt the company, and its ideas went straight into the MPC.