Casio CZ Synthesizer Series (CZ-1000, CZ-101 etc)

[michael68]

Hi all,
Just wanted to know if anyone is still hanging on to these vintage synthesizers? Did not know that Van Halen's "Jump" intro was done using this and so were some Vince Clark/Yazoo songs.
These synths have a strong following in US and Europe and I wonder if they ended up in flea markets here in Singapore.....


Regards,
Michael

 

[bongman]

"Jump" is a song recorded by the rock group Van Halen. It is the only single the group released in their career to reach number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1]. It was released in 1984 as the second track on the album 1984. The song breaks the mold of earlier Van Halen songs, mainly in its rolling synth line (played on an Oberheim OB-Xa), although the song contains the standard Eddie Van Halen guitar solo, which Eddie claims as his favorite solo he ever wrote. This refers to the fact that the producer spliced parts of two different takes to create the one heard in the song.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_(Van_Halen_song)

 

[michael68]

Thanks for the clarification, apparently the source which I got the information from made a mistake. Further checks showed that it was actually Oberheim sounds emulated on the CZ-1000! Glad to be learning new things every day!

Regards,
Michael