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Some of the people to use it extensively were Keith Emerson, John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin (who later sold his to Keith Emerson as a spare instrument), Stevie Wonder (who is said to have bought two, one of which is on display at Madame Tussaud's in Las Vegas), Benny Andersson of ABBA (this GX-1 is now located at Riksmixningsverket, his studio in Stockholm), Hans Zimmer (who bought Keith Emerson's old GX-1), Jürgen Fritz of Triumvirat, Rick van der Linden of Ekseption who did an entire album on it, entitled GX1, and Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) who acquired Mickie Most's GX-1. Stevie Wonder in particular described it as "the dream machine" because of its three keyboards that allowed him to layer different sounds simultaneously. Rick Wright of Pink Floyd allegedly owned one for a brief time, but it did not make an appearance on any recordings.
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