# Hard-Core Gear Porn Friday!!!

- Site: Analog Industries
- Author: Chris Randall
- Date: 2005-08-27
- URL: https://analogindustries.com/2005/08/hard-core-gear-porn-friday-3/

![Hard-Core Gear Porn Friday!!!](https://analogindustries.com/images/blog/klaus.jpg)

Bet you thought I forgot, huh? No such luck. Here we have one of my favorite gear pr0n pictures of all time, of Klaus Schulze live in concert in Linz, Austria in 1980. We can plainly see a pair of MiniMoogs and the trademark Moog modular behind him, as well as a VCS3. My original off-the-cuff spotting said the thing on the right was a Fairlight, but note the one-piece monitor/keyboard, plus the black face of the "CPU." So that's not what it is. The time is right, as the Fairlight CMI came out in '79. Could that be a QASAR M8? I've never seen a picture of one, but its CPU unit was black, I'm given to understand.

In any case, he's playing a CS-80, and aside from the 2600 on his left, I can't make out anything else in the picture. (I think that's a Polymoog under the Minis, though.) It is important to note that, when playing gear of this caliber, a welding helmet must be worn. I copped this pic from the [Official Klaus Schulze Website,](http://www.klaus-schulze.com/welcome.htm) home of many ridiculous photos.

## Comments (1)

**the8bitdeity** (2005-08-27):

" It is important to note that, when playing gear of this caliber, a welding helmet must be worn."

- I believe Neubauten took this same philosophy.