In a bizarre turn of events I came across a photo the other day of Vaporwave artist Skeleton Lipstick’s gear and thought "Hey... wait a minute. Is that...? WHAT it is!"
It's a Casio PT-87 that I circuit bent and sold on eBay in 2010!
I reached out and learned that they're the one who won my eBay auction for it back then and have been using it to this day! Even passed along a photo of their set up from a few weeks ago where it still lives. After ten years.
I often wonder about all of the instruments I've done through the years that are still out there. Early on I was churning things out that I auctioned off on eBay and after that they were just sort of gone. There are a few commissions I've been lucky enough to see or hear being used (A Casio SA-2 I did for Darren Korb can be heard on the phenomenal soundtrack to Pyre by Super Giant Games which I didn't even know until after having played through it!), but it's not all that common that I get to.
The best thing about building these things has always been knowing that I'm playing a part in somebody's creative process. To somehow come across something from my earlier days and have that confirmed has really made my week. I can only hope some of them are getting this same sort of love!
To add to the coincidence, Skeleton Lipstick did the after party for 100% Electronicon that I went to here in Brooklyn last year - which ALSO ends up tying back to the 100PFB video synth I did for Adam Kane the other month! What a small world!
Check out Happy in Disguise, Am I Close to the Edge?, and Philadelphia by Skeleton Lipstick to hear the PT-87 in use!
This device has some photos and a demo video over at gleix.net/misccasio