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best bargains you ever found?
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:37 am
by Littlefoot
I think I just found mine
yamaha dx27 (a stripped down version of the dx7 famous 80s sound synth) for 26 quid on ebay!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:23 pm
by abstractsound
nothing that spectacular but i got an electrix filter factory for 150 USD.. seem to be going for more than 200 lately
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:14 pm
by ikeaboy
Roland SH101 for 280 euro
Missing battery cover OH NOOOOOOO!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:08 pm
by subindex
12" vim :maggies last party (beasts n bass mix) £50p
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:22 pm
by addict
technics 1200's, original needles & covers. £200 ono!!!! and i fucking bought mine 2 days before.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:10 pm
by le_hardcore_chiefus
mala - misty winter for 5-7 quid...going by the prices it goes 4 today...and it was only bout 6 months ago...maybe b4 the dubstep explosion
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:16 pm
by grimmy
Technics M3's dual set for £200 on eBay. Ohhh yeahhh
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:27 pm
by spencertron
Native Instruments Electronic Instruments 2 £34.99
Metaphysical Function is worth it alone.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:44 pm
by tec-ho
I’ve had some good ones! A couple of years ago, found a Novation K station in a second hand shop for £40… knocked him down to £30! Also got a Korg Es1 for £20. I paid £400 when they first came out. Got an MS-10 off of ebay for £140, but had to sell it a year or so later because I was well skint. got £280 for it! Also bought an ADAT and DAT machine for £30 each. Sold the DAT for £70 and the ADAT for 120!
The best one of all (I think)… Got a TR909 about 4 years ago for £501. Last time I looked on ebay, they were going for around £800-£1000. I’d never sell that though.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:01 pm
by John Locke
ikeaboy wrote:Roland SH101 for 280 euro
Missing battery cover OH NOOOOOOO!
shit? thats a bargain? what do they cost normally now? I had 1 of them years back, cost nothing cos a mate robbed it out of the school music room. fuck knows what happened to it tho. had a korg ms10 as well, didnt cost much. but aint got that anymore either. 2much of a nomad lifestyle 2b lugging hardware around anyway. monitors and cats already a ball and chain as it is...
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:22 pm
by ikeaboy
Battle Gong wrote:ikeaboy wrote:Roland SH101 for 280 euro
Missing battery cover OH NOOOOOOO!
shit? thats a bargain? what do they cost normally now? I had 1 of them years back, cost nothing cos a mate robbed it out of the school music room. fuck knows what happened to it tho. had a korg ms10 as well, didnt cost much. but aint got that anymore either. 2much of a nomad lifestyle 2b lugging hardware around anyway. monitors and cats already a ball and chain as it is...
The next one that came available on ebay went for about 350 euros theres one up there now for 350 (3fiddy) with 2 days to go..so about 450euroish. Thats still some bargain cause they aint making no more. Some synth..I can imagine staring at one in a school cupboard while hatching plans. It does classic acid and has a sub oscillator that makes the air hum in a way nothing else I own does. Those Korgs are beasts if there anything like the MS-20.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:42 pm
by __________
bought a mexican strat for £200 when i was seven...pretty cheap.
got a 1970's allen & heath mixer off my mate too...mine for £60 when i've got the spare cash. this mixer is so rare allen & heath couldn't believe someone still has one!
will post a pic sometime, she is beautiful and in perfect condition!
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 9:51 pm
by alphacat
About 12 years ago, was walking down Haight with a couple friends and saw a yard sale just off on a side street with some musical gear - went over, saw this beast of an old synth with fake woodgrain and everything. I knew nothing about analog synths at the time but thought it might be fun to play with anyway.
The seller wanted $35, and like an asshole, I tried to talk him down to $30 but he held firm.
Turned out what I'd bought was a pristine Roland Juno-60 (with a hardcase no less!)... and it taught me everything I know about synthesis. Still the most fun instrument to play that I own, including several guitars and drum machines.
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:23 pm
by xthewiddler
3 bags of ganja for 50 dollars
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:58 pm
by deadly_habit
pawn shops sometimes are a goldmine for vintage synths and kit
ebay too
think i paid 60-70$ for my akai s2000
Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:08 pm
by Sub Shifter
Alphacat wrote:About 12 years ago, was walking down Haight with a couple friends and saw a yard sale just off on a side street with some musical gear - went over, saw this beast of an old synth with fake woodgrain and everything. I knew nothing about analog synths at the time but thought it might be fun to play with anyway.
The seller wanted $35, and like an asshole, I tried to talk him down to $30 but he held firm.
Turned out what I'd bought was a pristine Roland Juno-60 (with a hardcase no less!)... and it taught me everything I know about synthesis. Still the most fun instrument to play that I own, including several guitars and drum machines.
Nice
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:35 pm
by alphacat
blaze wrote:Nice
I can't go off about this enough, even 12 years later. All my musician friends who play it offer to buy it off me... to this day! A local indie band that I'm friends with basically kinda got together around the thing when I loaned it to them. It's got powerful mojo and the sickest, fattest square wave tone you've ever heard - more "sweet spots" than a multiorgasmic nympho.
My gyal, who is learning to play piano, played 'Fur Elise' on it yesterday and it sounded like Wendy Carlos Williams. Heh!
OK. Me shut up now.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:53 pm
by relik
I got this MG-1 in practically brand new condition for FREE. Opened it up and the rubber shit they put on the circuit board wasn't even melted like a lot of people say happens over time. I don't think it was played at all.
Was at a party and was talking about djing and producing with this guy. He was like...you know, I got this thing, but all I can do is make siren sounds with it. So I was thinking he had some analog synth with oscillators and shit. We hooked it up to an amp and I was jamming out on it and he said I could have it. I didn't want to take it and even told him the value of an analog Moog synth, but he insisted I take it, so I did. I haven't really played with it in awhile. Fun for wobble madness.
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:18 pm
by cixxxj
xTheWiddler wrote:3 bags of ganja for 50 dollars
you win!
Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:55 pm
by habitualbeatscamp
relik wrote:
I got this MG-1 in practically brand new condition for FREE. Opened it up and the rubber shit they put on the circuit board wasn't even melted like a lot of people say happens over time. I don't think it was played at all.
Was at a party and was talking about djing and producing with this guy. He was like...you know, I got this thing, but all I can do is make siren sounds with it. So I was thinking he had some analog synth with oscillators and shit. We hooked it up to an amp and I was jamming out on it and he said I could have it. I didn't want to take it and even told him the value of an analog Moog synth, but he insisted I take it, so I did. I haven't really played with it in awhile. Fun for wobble madness.
Thats pretty nasty deal.. I ran into a cat that says he's got some kind of drum machine he said I could have.. Haven't seen it yet though.