another poor college student here and with a salary of 100$/month we get here in Romania you can imagine how easy it was for me to buy my gear XP60,computer,speakers,cd recorder

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bad luck...
VS1880? I'd settle for the 1680...
however...
Al
Who was of course joking all along

I saved for a year here in college to get a Trinity. After I spent that money, I wanted to compliment it with a Roland XP-50 or 60. I just decided I'll wait till I get out to get an XV-88

Hey, nice to find so many fellow poor people around here. I'm a European college student.

I'm a former poor college student . . . now a poor music teacher . . . . I can dig. The only way to build up your equipment on a shoestring budget is to make careful key purchases over 10 years (and try not to let too much get stolen!). By then, you are married with 3 kids, are gigging constantly and are glad that you drove a piece of junk car in college so that you could get your gear.

Another option is to live 5-10 years behind the times, buying the old, powerful gear. There's still alot of music left in the old gear, and you can get the stuff on the cheap as everyone rushes off to get the latest, greatest toys. I've seen used TX-816 going for $200.

Note: I'm not actually doing this, just recommending it .

That approach worked for me for about 5 months, but then I got a set of V-Drums, an A-90EX, and an XV-5080 is on the way. I couldn't afford it without having spent those 8 years working on a doctorate. I had to sell lots of gear to survive college (buying food instead), but I am making up for it now.

Students: hang in there, work hard and your rewards will come back to you in spades,

Chris

[This message has been edited by feefer (edited 07-08-2000).]

sergiu muresan:

100$ in one month ???!!!? Is that really true?? Try living in Norway for that.... :-)

StigF