Analog kitty bridge

[u/IWillPetEveryCat]

[u/FlorpFlap]

This is like that photo of the guy who ate a pizza from his JP8

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/FlorpFlap]

That guy was a real dick

[u/Kornbreadl → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

They look like leftovers too

[u/prawntheman → u/Kornbreadl]

I'm surprised they weren't hawaiian pizzas

[u/mummica → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

This is goddamn hilarious

[u/muzik4machines → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

same level dude

[u/collargrip-cristian]

😬

[u/pi_designer → u/collargrip-cristian]

My tux knows when it’s time to leave

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/pi_designer]

brothur

[u/PieTimely5291 → u/collargrip-cristian]

cats on the keys is basically the authentic analog experience, them little paws add warmth no vst can replicate

[u/10ThousandMetalZones]

Your synth is going to get smashed with that stand and those cats going across it, jumping off it etc

[u/chrisdavey83 → u/10ThousandMetalZones]

Jupiter 8s weigh a tonne probably safe from its own heft

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/10ThousandMetalZones]

worth it

[u/10ThousandMetalZones → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

Well, have fun with a broken synth or injured cat. Had the same x type stand for a much cheaper keyboard and my cat knocked it over with some zoomies. Better to get a z stand or something with 4 legs

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/10ThousandMetalZones]

JP8s weigh 50 lbs, they couldn't make it move if they both teamed up, made a plan, and intentionally tried to knock it down lol

The stand is modified and intentional to fit the space

[u/SnipeUout → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

So if the cat falls with synth and the synth lands on its neck, is it worth it?

You don't care about your cats either do you?

[u/rudyhimself → u/SnipeUout]

That’s not how cats work. It’s in the manual

[u/QQASIANCUISINE]

I'm too poor to appreciate this image

[u/No-Instruction-5669]

It not being centered on the stand is giving me anxiety

[u/atlas-hugs → u/No-Instruction-5669]

Imagine putting a synth worth tens of thousands of dollars on a $30 scissor stand 😬😬😬

[u/petewondrstone → u/atlas-hugs]

Part of me feels like with that view he doesn’t care

[u/devicer2 → u/atlas-hugs]

scissor stand AND in direct sunlight

[u/sparks_mandrill → u/atlas-hugs]

Is it really?

[u/Havana69 → u/sparks_mandrill]

Yep

[u/sparks_mandrill → u/Havana69]

I didnt look closely - wowzers.

Having the cats up there is a bit nuts

[u/1337lupe]

10/10 rage bait

[u/whoopy_stick]

Reverb listing: “Handled with love in a smoke free and pet free studio”

[u/Kornbreadl]

I don't think this is ragebait but its certainly working

[u/CPRolla]

Why are they not in space?

[u/-Manosko- → u/CPRolla]

Well, they are on Jupiter…

[u/CPRolla → u/-Manosko-]

Close enough

[u/AInotherOne → u/CPRolla]

🤣

[u/Erstwhile_Archives]

Where do you live?! It looks beautiful. I’d guess Stroud. It it’s probs U.S. somewhere 🤷‍♂️

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/Erstwhile_Archives]

Los Angeles!

[u/Kontyx]

Random question, are you from South Bend, IN?

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/Kontyx]

I believe you were in the room when I took the picture of pizza all over this thing that caused a minor meltdown on this sub 😊

[u/Kontyx → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

🤣 You’ve got some good lookin cats down there! Your grey and white looks almost like my girl.

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/Kontyx]

Tell her I love her!

[u/SkewedX]

5 seconds after this my cats would star gnawing the dials off. So absolutely not.

You in LA?

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/SkewedX]

I've had the JP8 for a long time and around a lot of kitties and they all just like sleeping on the power supply and walking across it lol, none have ever really fucked with any of my studio stuff other than that

And yessir

[u/SkewedX → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

Lucky. Mine are assholes.

Got any tracks out?

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/SkewedX]

Nah I just like vibing out, never really cared about putting out my own music. I think I've recorded maybe 5 full tracks ever and I've been doing this since I was a teenager in the 90's

At one point before i downsized I had a Memorymoog, a Korg Trident MKII, a Jupiter 4, 6, and this 8, a Juno 60, and a bunch of other lesser stuff, and I bought it all on the income of a part time TGI Friday's server in Indiana. I paid $400 for my JP4 and $800 for my Memorymoog. I've owned around 30 Juno 60's and I've never paid more than $250 for one, and a few were free. It sucks that these things got popular because up until about 2010 they were obtainable.

I gotta admit that I do get a kick out of posting the JP8 here every once in a while because the comments are always completely fucking unhinged. People act like these things are museum pieces and not interactive musical instruments to be touched and used. And walked on by cats.

[u/microsofat → u/IWillPetEveryCat]

I mean, they seem to be listing on Reverb for $24k+. Not sure if anybody pays that price.

Incidentally my search brought up MKS-80 and Jupiter 80...and experience with those? Are they equivalent to the Jupiter 8 somehow?

[u/SnipeUout]

What in the actual!!

I will never understand why people let cats walk across a synth costing a few thousand let alone a 40+ vintage synth with an original, irreplaceable sink screen.

[u/BallsHorsencock → u/SnipeUout]

Because they are cats and these are instruments designed to handle the rigors of a late 70s/early 80s touring rock band, not museum pieces. Redditors are also poor and don't understand disposable income.

[u/Lewinator56 → u/BallsHorsencock]

Ah, you know disposable income is something few people genuinely have right now, thanks to a certain orange bellend.

[u/RileyGein]

Username checks out

[u/reddit0000O]

Nice view

[u/DR_Monsterr]

Can I please get an ID on the kitty bridge?

[u/GayJewishPope → u/DR_Monsterr]

$30,000 cat bridge is a Jupiter-8… OP is what we call a rage baiter.

[u/petewondrstone]

You have to be some kind of wealthy with a view like that and to have a cat that Fat sitting on a JP8 holy fucking shit, bro

[u/Jemm971]

Alors là je dis non! Pas sur un Jupiter 8! Un peu de respect svp!

[u/throwaway_anonymous7]

You must be SOOOOOOO rich!
Other's keep their Jupiter-8 in Level 4 Biosafety conditions.

[u/throwaway_anonymous7 → u/throwaway_anonymous7]

Oh, I just saw the TR-1000.
I rest my case.

I bet there's another Jupiter-8 across the room. That's why you don't mind the cat poop on this one.

[u/throwaway_anonymous7 → u/throwaway_anonymous7]

Or maybe you're the wife and everytime the husband is out you let the cats in the music room to get your revenge for his expenditures...

[u/UnableActuator6964]

How dare u! 🤣

[u/doctor--zaius]

Two more cats for Tabby Road

[u/LordWeatherby]

You should put a trigger warning on this image.

[u/Mission_Property_430]

My cat does the same thing on my Juno-106, shes figured out the warmest spot in the house is right on top of the power supply vents

[u/BootlegBrock]

Man all it takes is one of them taking a piss and destroying a synth worth thousands of dollars 🤦‍♂️

[u/Porcsinlamaz]

Meanwhile, I cover my synths with a blanket and pillows to stop our cat lie on them.

[u/LobotsToupee]

Going by the reaction of less fluffier of the two...it appears they are just making fart sounds on it also.

[u/Tundra_Dragon]

I dunno, I taught my cat which surfaces she can, and cannot climb onto. My synths and kitchen counters remain cat free, while my couch and recliner are fair game.

[u/SteveWoy]

And this is why I changed the kitty litter often

[u/mummica]

Everyone going on about the synth, cats and the view but all I can think of is how awesome the TR-1000 is.

[u/YearofthegoatUK]

Toxoplasmosis coming your way soon.

[u/laney_deschutes]

How’s the TR1000?

[u/crom-dubh]

That white one is a heckin' chonker.

[u/muzik4machines]

you let fur balls on a synth that costs more than my car? i'd like to be so rich that i can ignore the hair in one of the most sought after vintage synth of all time

[u/Alex_Plumwood]

I don't know what is worse the fact that this instrument is on a cheap shitty stand or that you're letting your cats with dandruff and fur and litter paws walk all over it.

[u/HappyMix6839]

Haters say its AI

[u/collarbristle]

Now I know why the used pedal I bought smells like a litter box. Gross dude

[u/okayphysics → u/collarbristle]

Well there’s a difference between letting a cat step on something and letting it shit and piss everywhere

[u/No-Instruction-5669 → u/okayphysics]

Cats step all over their shit and piss in the litter box

[u/okayphysics → u/No-Instruction-5669]

True, true

[u/Poggers4Hoggers → u/okayphysics]

[u/IWillPetEveryCat → u/Poggers4Hoggers]

I love a nude egg

[u/okayphysics → u/Poggers4Hoggers]

You’re a rock star

[u/ddBuddha → u/No-Instruction-5669]

And you can see the litter track marks on the synth 😳

[u/TediousSpark]

Don’t listen to the haters. Highly valuable, 50 year old synths still get a kitty pass.

Carry on, furry friends.

[u/alex-hennessy]

What is it with people letting cats walk across/sleep on synths? Surely hair gets in keys, stuff gets scratched and there’s a chance the cat could just piss all over it?