Manta by Bowl Keyboard
This set is designed to pay homage to the aesthetics of early punk rock and post-punk. Pink and black were a common color combination in early punk art and album covers, as seen below.
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Details
- Designed by Madmax13
- Novelties by Switchbox.Studio
- Doubleshot ABS by Signature Plastics
- Using Stock ABS colors, shown below
Inspiration
I have always admired the fashion style associated with punk and post-punk. I also think there is space for a set using a very vibrant pink. This set has undergone numerous incarnations, beginning as an SA set and later spending time in the Cherry profile. Recently, I have become interested in designing a DSS set, having tried it on many 40s keyboards at meetups, and find the height and sculpted spherical profile agreeable. So, this became a DSS set, mainly because the SP stock colors really pop, and I am tired of people telling me SA is too tall.
Vendors
TBD
Kitting
There has been some debate recently about which is preferable, a set of self-contained base kits ot an alpha kit with modifier kits. So, I developed both and plan to take it to a vote. Please let me know which direction you think this should take, and it’ll inform the kits I send in for quotes. I am delaying quotes mainly because I want to have a good idea what the kits look like, shape-wise, before I start making the necessary economic adjustments. Another thing I’ve tried is for the 40s, using DSA as a kind of “R5,” which I will discuss a bit more below. I have also included a. DSA R5 kit as one of the “Child Kits.”
All bars smaller than 6U are DSA Convex
Base Kits
Alphas + Mods
Child Kits
Extra accents, 65 compat, and 6u spacebars.
If opting for small kits, UK is on its own
I decided to include a kit option for the DSA R5 because I was a fan of it in MT3; here is a comparison below. The Flat R5 MT3 is somewhat goofy-looking, but fantastic to type on.
Thanks
Piperaceae for helping with legends.
Switchbox.Studios for fantastic novelty design.
Alas for permission to use Lightcycle Arrows.
Keyboard Designer’s Forum for feedback and encouragement.
Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Big Black, Minutemen, Husker Du, and The Clash for being my soundtrack.
Board Renders
F1-8X by Geon works
Wish Novelty Kit
Manta by Bowl Keyboards
Echo by Beardgyllis
Capy60 by Bowl Keyboards
With Novelty Kit
V4NGON by Trashman
Assuming alpha + kitting, otherwise numbers are mono legends.
Austin by Drift Machanics
R5 DSA Kit here.
