{"product_id":"roland-tb-303-gizmo","title":"Roland TB-303","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Roland TB-303 was designed to sound like a bass guitar. It didn't. It was supposed to help guitarists practise without a bassist. They weren't interested. Roland discontinued it in 1984 after selling just 10,000 units. And then something extraordinary happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUnwanted 303s piled up in pawn shops and second-hand stores, cheap enough for bedroom producers to take a chance on. In Chicago, a group called Phuture bought one and started twisting the knobs while it played - the filter cutoff, the resonance, the accent. What came out was a squelching, burbling, utterly alien sound that bore no resemblance to any bass guitar ever made. They called the track \"Acid Tracks\". A genre was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy the late 1980s, that distinctive 303 chirp was everywhere - in Chicago warehouses, in UK raves, on dancefloors from Manchester to Ibiza. Josh Wink's \"Higher State of Consciousness\". Hardfloor's \"Acperience\". Daft Punk's \"Da Funk\". Fatboy Slim named a single \"Everybody Needs a 303\". The Guardian called its release one of the 50 key events in the history of dance music. Today, original units sell for over £3,000.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Axisophy","offers":[{"title":"Large (70 × 50 cm | 28 × 20 in)","offer_id":45864088666273,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-ROL303-L-700x500-AM-COL","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"XLarge (100 × 70 cm | 40 × 28 in)","offer_id":45864088699041,"sku":"AXS-GIZ-ROL303-L-1000x700-AM-COL","price":80.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0483\/1546\/5889\/files\/Axisophy-Roland-TB303-print.jpg?v=1767883860","url":"https:\/\/axisophy.com\/products\/roland-tb-303-gizmo","provider":"Axisophy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}