Re: how to make keyboards look more cool

[Lee Barnes <phaedeback@comcast.net>]

Have you thought about trying out a Starr Labs controller?
http://www.starrlabs.com/



On Feb 1, 2005, at 4:53 PM, Rainer Thelonius Balthasar Straschill wrote:

> Dear Keyboard players,
>  
> it is a well known fact that keyboards are the most uncool looking 
> instruments out there on the typical rock stage. I've come to the 
> conclusion that, apart from specific less than perfect design concepts 
> of some manufacturers, one of the main reasons is the actual keyboard 
> itself, i.e. the big white surface.
>  
> I'm thinking about a proper redesign for a project of mine (combining 
> death metal and jungle/dnb influences). I do not want to paint my 
> keyboard, so the question is:
>  
> Has anybody experience with a redesign of the keyboard, e.g. by 
> putting some kind of coloured (black, dark grey) material on top, 
> which can be put in place and removed quickly, and which will not 
> adversely affect the playing itself?
>  
>  
>          Rainer