What synth do you most regret selling?

crazeydazey · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:08 am Post subject:

aww come on guys... I say I miss my delta and lambda and you go and stick pictures on here..

you might as well post a piccy of a MC202 and a KPR-77 and fully rub it in

Octahedra · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:54 am Post subject:

LektroiD · Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:58 pm Post subject:

I sold a retrofitted TR808 and Kenton Pro4 (with link cable) as a pair on ebay in 2001, the pair went for £390. You'll pay that for the Kenton alone today, and up to 4x that for the 808!

Around the same time I sold a Moog Rogue for £200. (mind you , I did only pay £30 for it).

I think the thing I kick myself for the most was in 1988 when I worked in a music shop (Music Village before it became Digital Village). The manager walked down the stairs with an MS20 in his hands and asked "do you want to buy a synth?", I replied "How much?", he said "£50", I replied "Nah" (thinking I could get one any time for that price)... Off he went back up the stairs, 5 minutes later he came back down sporting an MS10 "How about this one for £20?", I replied "No, I'll get one when I can afford it"... I STILL can't afford one!

Bear in mind that was at the time when TB303s were selling for £25 and SH101s were around £50. You'd often see "Analogue clearout" adverts in the back of Sound On Sound magazine with silly prices.

I have had a few bargains to compensate though, so I guess it all balances out in the end.

The one synth I have no qualms about selling was the Korg Delta, I got £500 for it. Nice sounds but you can't hook it up to the rest of your gear.

abstraktor · Joined: Apr 27, 2009 Posts: 190 Location: glasgow, scotland

I sold an (un MIDI-ed) juno 6 last year and sort of regret it because I miss its warm sound and instant playability-but lack of space is a real problem for me just now (although a 6U gator rack has just arrived today-oops).
I had 2 CZ101's at different times which I thought were great for basses (and used them on quite a few releases), but the saddest of all was throwing out a not working ARP axxe which I should have kept and got repaired...
Also used to enjoy the Korg DDD1 drum machine which had eprom cards which you could slot in to augment the on board sounds, but I cant remember what the snares and hats were like (crap probably!).
On the subject of junking equipment - I know an ex-80's pop star who threw out 2 TR808's, a Prophet 5 and probably some other synths of that era. When I asked him why (after recovering from the shock) -he said that in the early 90's no one wanted to buy them and he needed the space. Doesnt make me feel too bad about taking a sick Emax2 to the recycling plant last year. Now if I could time travel...........
I'm sitting staring at my full up 9U eurorack modular just now and wondering where next.....bitten by the bug for sure!!

xpander · Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:14 am Post subject:

i don't regret selling anything- i only regret that i forgot to sample my LinnDrum before i sold it. doh

many fine synths left my studio to make (wallet) space for the Buchla 200e, but i'm still left with a marvelous array of synths well-tuned to my tastes.

Seren · Joined: May 22, 2009 Posts: 30 Location: Wales

I regret letting my Roland system 100 - 101, 102 and sequencer....

v-un-v · Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 3:03 pm Post subject:

A friend of mine offered me his System 100 in exchange for my ancient HH guitar amp (only a year ago or so). He didn't know how much it was worth (and to him, at the time, the HH was worth more). I couldn't swap it, knowing how much they are worth now.

The synth I really regret selling was my Moog Rogue. A brilliant little instrument- really quite versatile.

peterkadar · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:01 pm Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:15 pm Post subject:

I´ve owned a nice System 100m rig myself. It was kinda cute and pretty musical, but absolutely not even close to the capabilities and quality of my current dotcom rig.

Quad · Joined: Dec 30, 2006 Posts: 18 Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Synthi A Mk I Crying or Very sad

however for a good cause, a 200e took its place but I do still miss it

Seren · Joined: May 22, 2009 Posts: 30 Location: Wales

seraph · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:28 am Post subject:

Je Ne Regrette Rien

Wink

peterkadar · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:40 am Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 2:29 pm Post subject:

No problems at all.
Sure, the jack sockets aren´t of the most expensive and robust types out there, but still more than decent and none have me failed yet. If one fails then it is just a matter of putting in a new one. Maintenance.. hardly a problem. The wiring, the soldering and such are of the best quality imaginable.. and much more consistent than what you will find inside say a Roland 700 modular or in your average 70s Moog Modular.

At the other end of the scale.. like on the very brink to Muppet Show Hell you find stuff like the Plan B modules. The soldering and wiring usually looks like it has been done by squirrels on crack.

seraph · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:14 am Post subject:

sizone · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:51 am Post subject:

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:00 am Post subject:

seraph · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:59 am Post subject:

we learn something new and valuable everyday Exclamation

Forseti · Joined: Apr 14, 2005 Posts: 9 Location: Den Haag, NL

It's revive-a-login-revive-a-thread day.

- Elka Synthex: mostly for its excellent analog choirs.
- Maplin 3800: quirky but great kit synth with loopable segments on the envelopes, a lovely dark sounding spring reverb and a c-64 interface which I regret not trying - pic
- Oberheim Matrix 6-r: underrated because of its DCO's, loved it for its thick, classy sound, somehow the Matrix-1000 seems the lesser machine

nobody · Joined: Mar 09, 2008 Posts: 1687 Location: Not here

I had an Alesis QS6.2 that I never even got to know because not too long after I bought it I sold it back to the store at a loss because I thought I needed a few bucks in order to go to an out of town job interview.

That. Was not. Worth it. Rolling Eyes

nobody · Joined: Mar 09, 2008 Posts: 1687 Location: Not here

nobody · Joined: Mar 09, 2008 Posts: 1687 Location: Not here

fac · Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:15 pm Post subject:

Rykhaard · Joined: Sep 02, 2007 Posts: 1290 Location: Canada

2 of my most regretted trades are:

1) The Roland System 100 (full 6 piece system, all working beautifully) that I'd gotten in the mid 90's, for $200 Canadian. That same evening I immediately had an offer of $2,000 U.S. for it. Surprised

I traded it to a very good (still) musician friend of mine, who still has it. The sounds it were capable of were VERY different and very warm. Loved that guy.

2) The TR-808 that I got in direct TRADE for a Wursi String Machine that I had gotten myself, for $75 in the early 90's. The TR-808 and 1 of my 2 x Roland MC-4Bs were traded directly for a Fostex 8 track Reel to Reel.

On counter, sorta - my 3 best ever acquirements were, the above 2 for what I got them for, and yesterday's picking up of an Emu Esi-2000 with 128 meg of RAM for $100 Canadian. Smile

Only thing that wasn't working was it's 3 1/2" drive. Opening it up, I found that the original owner hadn't connected it's data cable properly, when taking the original Zip drive out of the unit. Reconnecting the data cable properly and it's working beautifully. Smile

Major happy score. Smile

Also - another one confirmed yesterday - I won an e-Bay auction for a working Emu Esi-32, for $36 U.S. (Not including shipping.)

2 years of searching for a hardware sampler are finally over, with 2 great ones, for about $150 U.S. total. Very Happy