What new booty have you acquired? (Page 154 of 189)

My tech did cv filter control for my CS10 when he put in the sub osc mod (highly recommended btw, gives it a lot more grunt: http://yusynth.net/MyOldGear.html).

I haven't actually used it but I think from what I remember it was pretty straightforward, though on mine the resonance is reverse, ie more is less. If you like I can ask him for the details...

if you can do it.. !

Sure! Send me a PM if I forget.

Soundcraft Spirit Folio F1 16. got it for free (well i gave the man a old 9 volt wallwart). cleaned it up and everything works nicely. Nothing spectacular, but hey..better than my previous one anyways.

I don't know much about gear but damn', you have a Buchla? Wow! Aan het werk Dennis! 

Dennis you had to much money!!! 

Dennis all you need now is the mythical original 259!

Very cool.  I now have buchla envy.  Can't wait to hear some audio

Alright now that I've calmed down a bit...

I bought a Moog Source off Ebay. Canadian sale, no customs yay.

I give the seller explicit instructions on how to pack it. Have had problems with dented rack ears and poorly packed stuff lately with Ebay sellers.

It shows up on my doorstep not even in a damn box. Canada Post has it there for probably 3-4 hours before I went home to put it inside.

I check my emails again. To see if I gave him all the wrapping instructions and left out putting it in a box. As he's a noob.

Nope I told him to put it in a box.

I get irate, yet open it carefully. It's hotter than the fucking sun. But I plug it in and turn it on anyway. I let it warm up (lol) for about ten minutes then play around with it for a few minutes.

Miraculously no cosmetic damage, everything seems to be ok. But will give full test tonight after I get home from work and the family is asleep.

It was just serviced before it was sold so the sound and tuning was marvelous. Everything sounded very great. Very happy.

Seller not being a jerk, said he will take it back if there's anything wrong with it BUT SERIOUSLY WHO DOESN'T PUT A SYNTH IN A BOX? ESPECIALLY AFTER BEING TOLD TO?

Thank christ the thing is made out of metal and wood. If it was made of plastic it probably would have cracked, shattered or melted.

I think this is it. The synth gods have given me their final warning. No more buying synths and stuff from Ebay. Message boards and people with reps only. I'll still sell synths on Ebay because I know how to pack.

Montreal. Should have asked you to go help him fucking pack it. Or at least inspect. Geez...

No box is pretty bad.   Good thing it survived.   Buying gear online is a jungle, but unless your absolutely minted or well hooked up it's pretty unavoidable as far as I can tell.  I can't really think of a message board that would work for where I live, so I'm pretty much stuck with ebay.    I guess you just have to be vigilant, though often it is still makes no difference as in your case with no box man.  What really bugs me is people knowingly misrepresenting the condition of gear.  And it seems to happen all the time.  Like everyone has been burnt before so they just don't give a shit and it's a free for all.

A recently bought and Esq-1 and repeatedly grilled the guy about it's condition.   "A+ totally clean and perfect working order" he told me.  Well, when it arrived I basically had a restoration job on my hands.  There was even a dead moth lodged inside the broken pitch wheel.  Terrific!