What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?

Synthigraphie · Post by **Synthigraphie** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 10:44 pm

60 € a "not working" AKAI AX73... Not working until I changed the battery 8)

guitarsandsynths · Post by **guitarsandsynths** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:18 pm

Today I bought a Prophet 5 for US500.
Yeaaaahhh!
The keyboard feels crappy, but the electronics are near perfect.
That's my early X-mas!!!!
eeehawwwwwwww

Post by **30h5** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:24 pm

guitarsandsynths wrote:Today I bought a Prophet 5 for US500.
Yeaaaahhh!
The keyboard feels crappy, but the electronics are near perfect.
That's my early X-mas!!!!
eeehawwwwwwww

Nice! How did you pull that off?

guitarsandsynths · Post by **guitarsandsynths** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 12:03 am

30h5 wrote:
guitarsandsynths wrote:Today I bought a Prophet 5 for US500.
Yeaaaahhh!
The keyboard feels crappy, but the electronics are near perfect.
That's my early X-mas!!!!
eeehawwwwwwww
Nice! How did you pull that off?

I saw the ad about 1 hour after de posting. I called several times to a busy signal. This morning I called and he picked up the phone to tell me he had sold it. I said ok, thanks, and hung up. But then I called again and asked if he had delivered it yet. The guy said: no, the buyer is coming at noon. I asked: for how much did you sell? He said: U$300. Me said: would you like to hear an offer? he said: sure me said : U$600 and I'll come now! He said: Deal!!!! When I got there I talked him down to U$500. I kinda feel bad for the other guy, but hey, I got it!!!

PSBoy · Post by **PSBoy** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:01 am

KORG EX-800 US$100
ROLAND D2 US$160

THEODICY · Post by **THEODICY** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:16 am

Just scored a mint Casio VL-Tone for $5 at a thrift store. I spotted it as soon as I walked into the "electronics" section of the store. It's pretty awesome that it's analog and can come up with some really cool sounds in the adsr mode. It's a really cool piece of gear! Try this: 50569928 kinda cool I thought..

minime123 · Post by **minime123** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:35 pm

i wonder what the seller told the guy he promised it to.

"I saw the ad about 1 hour after de posting. I called several times to a busy signal. This morning I called and he picked up the phone to tell me he had sold it. I said ok, thanks, and hung up. But then I called again and asked if he had delivered it yet. The guy said: no, the buyer is coming at noon. I asked: for how much did you sell? He said: U$300. Me said: would you like to hear an offer? he said: sure me said : U$600 and I'll come now! He said: Deal!!!! When I got there I talked him down to U$500. I kinda feel bad for the other guy, but hey, I got it!!!"

SteelWav · Post by **SteelWav** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:38 pm

A Roland SH-2000 for $50. It needed some cleaning to work properly, but it made me like it even more now. He even offered it to me for $20 or $30 but I felt bad for him.

I've learned from my mistake now. f**k feelings.

minime123 · Post by **minime123** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:01 pm

like $50 wasnt cheap enough???

RobotHeroes · Post by **RobotHeroes** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:17 am

minime123 wrote:i wonder what the seller told the guy he promised it to.

The other guy should have shown up sooner. When a synth shows up for cheap like that you better go asap else that could happen.

minime123 · Post by **minime123** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 2:50 am

i hope the guy wasnt on his way.

Post by **wiss** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:10 am

that's what he gets for lollygagging around on a $300 Prophet 5.

guitarsandsynths · Post by **guitarsandsynths** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:23 pm

wiss wrote:that's what he gets for lollygagging around on a $300 Prophet 5.

I was that lollygagger a few times before, until I learned my lesson.

Very few people will keep their word when confronted with more money. It's sad but true. I still feel a little bad about the whole thing, but should I blame myself for the ignorance of some and the lollygagging of others?

And the prophet was at the top of my wish list, with the arp 2600.

P.S. Anyone wanna sell a 2600 for $450? :thumbup:

R.L · Post by **R.L** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:19 pm

Found an Electone GX 707 for sale @ A thrift store... Not sure on the price as of yet though. Will let you all know in the near future, I hope this is a goodie

plikestechno · Post by **plikestechno** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:09 pm

I've gotten a lot of deals in the past year or so that I've been collecting gear. Some better than others. Mostly locally. My whole kit is deals basically. Prices Canadian.

$20 Poly 800 MkII at a garage sale (the crack that got me started)
$40 for Soundmaster ST-305 Drum machine
$50 for mint Boss PC-2 AND DR-55 together (sold PC-2 recently for $300 US)
$100 TR-707
$100 for Creamware A16 Ultra A/D/A (sold on Ebay for $600 US)
$120 for Pearl Drum-X analog drum brain
$150 for Tama Techstar TS-306 with 6 pads and stands
$150 Mint Casio CZ-5000 with all manuals and case
$150 for mint R8m rack with Electrnic and Dance cards (resold cards alone for $175 US)
$200 last week for a mint Yamaha EX5R
$200 last week for a mint Yamaha SY-2 with cover, pedal, instruction booklet from a different person.
$200 for Proteus 2000 with Techno Synth Construction Yard card
$350 for a MC-202
$500 for Mint Roland JX-10 with PG-800 and 4 M64C cartridges mint with case. Sold three cards at $100 US each.

The only thing I've thrown really big cash at was a just serviced Waldorf Q Rack for $600 Canadian. Which is technically still a bit of a deal. Usually too rich for my blood but I wanted it bad.

That doesn't beat a friend who bought a Class C Minimoog with one broken key off a guy locally for only $500. When do you even see those?

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