I got a DEAL! (The "I want to brag about what I got" thread)

Gordonjcp · June 24, 2010, 07:54:51 AM

I've got a non-runner FZ-10m with a (probably) working floppy - nothing on the display when you power it up. I've even got quite a few disks for it. Drop me an email if you want it. You'd need to collect or sort out shipping.

kitsophrenik · August 04, 2010, 02:27:51 PM

its not something that im going to be circuitbending ... but

ive just purchased a roland vintage space echo Re-201

niceeeeeeee! 4 use with my dub siren....

cant wait!

Roland RE-201 Space Echo Analog Tape Delay

Bogus Noise · August 04, 2010, 05:40:38 PM

Bagged a working MC202 for a fiver at the last car boot of 2009!

Circuitbenders · August 04, 2010, 06:37:59 PM

Quote from: Bogus Noise on August 04, 2010, 05:40:38 PM
Bagged a working MC202 for a fiver at the last car boot of 2009!

well that just makes me sick

Ciderfeks · August 04, 2010, 07:15:41 PM

I bought two boxed and cosmetically perfect TB-303's a couple of years ago. The guy couldn't get em to work and suspected the CPU's had died in them, but they powered up so i bought them anyway, as you would. As it turned out, after few dry joint repairs on the sync socket on one of them and a new c-mos memory chip from Roland for the other, they both chirp away just as they should!

The bargain price? £25 for the pair. Ouch.

I sold one and used the proceeds to send the other unit to Robin Whittle for the full Devil Fish treatment, which I can tell you, is a treat.

Bogus Noise · August 05, 2010, 03:12:06 AM

Quote from: Circuitbenders on August 04, 2010, 06:37:59 PM
Quote from: Bogus Noise on August 04, 2010, 05:40:38 PM
Bagged a working MC202 for a fiver at the last car boot of 2009!

well that just makes me sick

Hahaha, you're not the first

I'd actually hoped for something analogue on the way there, but figured the days of that kind of bargain were long gone. Everything after that seemed *so* expensive! £1.50 for a Hing Hon!? How dare you!

Quote from: Ciderfeks on August 04, 2010, 07:15:41 PMThe bargain price? £25 for the pair. Ouch.

That's insane! Are you sure you haven't missed out a zero?

Ciderfeks · August 06, 2010, 08:30:15 PM

Ha ha, yes it was one of those moments that all the way back I thought the seller was gonna call after me and change his mind, but I guess he thought they were write-offs...

But really, no missing zeros. £12.50 each. I suppose thats all of my Roland Karma used up in one hit.

Bogus Noise · August 12, 2010, 11:40:59 PM

Bought a Speak & Spell for £10 from eBay, but when it arrived something was rattling inside. $:-\$

Turned out to be a Homonym Heroes cartridge that wasn't mentioned in the auction!

kitsophrenik · August 13, 2010, 08:54:17 AM

soooooo jealous!

i havnt managed to get a speak n spell for less than 20 quid!

Ciderfeks · August 23, 2010, 11:30:55 AM

I also bought my beloved Korg Monopoly for 100 quid from an ex college tutor who preferred the sound of his 01/W and he threw in a VC10 vocoder for £40 extra.

My mate got his SH-101 for £25 from two elderly brothers who shared a semi-detatched house in Crawley which was stuffed full of dusty Hammond organs. I think he was lucky to leave with his life let alone a classic monosynth.

Circuitbenders · August 23, 2010, 12:32:06 PM

.............if you'd just like to give me your address and let me know when you're likely to be out.

Ciderfeks · August 23, 2010, 01:12:09 PM

Out? I make electronic music and enjoy tinkering with electronics - I'm never out!

Bogus Noise · August 23, 2010, 07:01:29 PM

Quote from: Bogus Noise on August 12, 2010, 11:40:59 PM
Bought a Speak & Spell for £10 from eBay, but when it arrived something was rattling inside. $:-\$

Turned out to be a Homonym Heroes cartridge that wasn't mentioned in the auction!

I don't believe this, it's happened again, only this time it was Mighty Verbs.

Might have to start collecting the rest now...

Bogus Noise · August 23, 2010, 07:16:18 PM

Quote from: Ciderfeks on August 23, 2010, 01:12:09 PM
Out? I make electronic music and enjoy tinkering with electronics - I'm never out!

Hahaha, I know that one.

Cracking deal on those synths! Got a Monopoly here on long term loan, was just getting dusty in his attic as it was. Came with a Philip Rees MIDI CV box to boot!

Ciderfeks · August 23, 2010, 09:34:50 PM

Yeah the Monopoly is one of my favorite synths and quite underrated by people unless you've used one of course - can't see myself ever parting with it.

Those little Speak & Spell modules are so well hidden in their slot I guess people forget they're in there when they sell their Speaks! It's certainly a bonus when one turns up as an added extra - i got 'Vowel Power' as a freebie in one of my Speak purchases. If you do decide to try and get some more I would recommend the E.T. module - it's great - although I paid for that one