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Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2010 3:34 am
by justin_havu
I just scored a Korg 01/W Pro X from a church in New Hampshire. They put on a Good Friday service every year and I've played this particular synth every year I've been involved. Later, I found out that I'm the only one that ever plays it, and as myself and the worship pastor were moving it off the stage he tells me to just take it home. Total Godsend.
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 5:49 pm
by Mr_80s
A korg MS-10 for 20 quid
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 9:38 pm
by snod_donkey
Minimoog for about £5 best synth i ever got for under a tenner!!
Best drum machine for under a tenner was the Linn LM1... £2 or £3
Hard to say exactly what it cost as it came with a Honer clavinet and a fender rhodes piano all for around £10 total
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:49 am
by plikestechno
Got a perfectly working and fantastic looking Arp Solina SE-IV String Ensemble for $300 locally the other day!
Second run with CV/Gate!

Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:07 pm
by omvibes
Good to see this thread back
Scored a JX3p plus PG200 for equivalent of 180 UKP last week. Also a Roland Juno 60 for a good price a few weeks back, and a Wurly EP200a with legs/ pedal/ music stand for 500 UKP in August. Very happy with all three deals!
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:01 pm
by Zack McConnell
Korg M3R - $90. I was looking for 01r and got them confused, but it was a happy mistake, love this box!
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:09 pm
by rap and country
i bought an m3r for $50!
but i don't think it was as good a deal as a yamaha sy-35 for $100
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 3:25 pm
by Zack McConnell
rap and country wrote:i bought an m3r for $50!
but i don't think it was as good a deal as a yamaha sy-35 for $100
I agree, but I still think you got an amazing deal with the M3R. I love that box, every time I turn it on I want to score a nature documentary!
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:29 pm
by sequentialsoftshock
Not a synthesizer, and most of you probably remember, but I got two brand new APC 40's for $2 each in August
I got a Kawai K5 Keyboard and rack mount version for free from the same guy. They're both in good condition. I got a free Stylophone. Ensoniq Mirage for $65. Perfect condition TOM for $24.
My BitOne was $200, but I feel I got a good deal on it.
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:45 pm
by b3groover
Never gotten a synth for free, but I own two Hammond B3 organs (one a 1958 and the other a 1974 that came with a Leslie 122) that I got for nothing.
Cheapest synth I ever bought was Alchemy (does that count?) for $249. Worth every penny.
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Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 9:20 pm
by boxed
gcoudert wrote:Yamaha DX7 last year. £27 (33.9 Euros / US$53.1 at today's rate).
Gilles
umm where did u buy it?
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:44 pm
by fh991586
My first 2 synths were bought a few days apart last winter:
Roland D-50: 220$ CAD (with anvil case)
Roland JX-3P: 125$ CAD (with original Roland case, as it was the 1st owner)
A good way to start, from my point of view! I got the PG programmer for each later, but for a lot more than the synths themselves...
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 10:49 pm
by Cumulus
sequentialsoftshock wrote:Not a synthesizer, and most of you probably remember, but I got two brand new APC 40's for $2 each in August
I got a Kawai K5 Keyboard and rack mount version for free from the same guy. They're both in good condition. I got a free Stylophone. Ensoniq Mirage for $65. Perfect condition TOM for $24.
My BitOne was $200, but I feel I got a good deal on it.
You need to give me this guy's name and phone number....

Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:10 pm
by BlackGnosis
Roland TR-707 for 65 $ in astoria oregon
Re: What was the cheapest Synth you ever bought?
Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:27 pm
by sequentialsoftshock
Cumulus wrote:sequentialsoftshock wrote:Not a synthesizer, and most of you probably remember, but I got two brand new APC 40's for $2 each in August
I got a Kawai K5 Keyboard and rack mount version for free from the same guy. They're both in good condition. I got a free Stylophone. Ensoniq Mirage for $65. Perfect condition TOM for $24.
My BitOne was $200, but I feel I got a good deal on it.
You need to give me this guy's name and phone number....

The guy who I got the K5's from had a huge yard sale in West Palm Beach back in May- he sold an 808 for $800!