I want a Nord Modular G2! (Thank you, Sweden)

I really, really do. Speaking to a friend and fellow music gear geek today made me realize just HOW much I desire one of these babies. Now, those of you out there who lead normal lives (bless you) may not know what a Nord Modular G2 is, and I don´t blame you. However, a short briefing may be necessary. The Nord Modular G2 (or just G2, as we affectionados call it) is a Swedish digital modular synthesizer, made exclusively to make synth geeks like yours truly breathe heavily, drool a bit and then enter an almost vegetative state as we ponder the endless possibilities for making strange, burbling noises with this $2500 red-and-black device.


Then, we check our credit-card balance and cry for a while. This process usually lasts for anything from a couple of weeks to a year, depending on our financial situation and will-power. Fittingly, coming from the land of the real Borg, resistance IS futile and we WILL be assimilated. Pun intended.

I´d like to take this moment to thank Sweden for the wonderful things they´ve given us, including (but not limited to): Ikea, meatballs, Clavia, the Chef in Muppet-show, some sweet Amiga demos and music, Astrid Lindgren, cheap meat (it´s a Norwegian thing). Oh, and that Nobel guy was pretty cool, too. Take a bow, Swedes everywhere!