I keep wanting to sell some synths...to buy some other synths... (Page 1 of 2)

I have the same 'problem'. Theres quite a few synths that I haven't touched in a few years, and everytime I connect them to make some sales demo's I figure it's not worth selling them for the price they are worth, they just sound to good and they don't stand in the way anyway.
On the other hand, selling 5 mediocre synths to get one really great synth, that might be worth stepping over my objections. But I don't know what great synth or drums or outboard I would reaally, really want. Until I figured that out I just keep what I have.

nah, keep the 800

Aren't a poly 800 + a Waldorf Pulse much more worth then one MS404?

I think the most important thing is having instruments you are happy with, whether its a nice interface, pleasant sounds or it just looks inspiring to you.  Too many folk collect synths, particularly considered 'classic' ones, that then sit there doing nothing.  Instruments are there too be played. if you don't use it, clear it out

i wouldnt worry too much about how much you're buying/selling for. i always think swapping is a much nicer way of trading. the important thing is having something you enjoy playing

I'd sell on gear I don't use a lot faster, but for the fact that a lot of my gear has 1 or 2 small things wrong with it, that is fine to work around, but to sell,  I'd want to fix it up first - but then if I'm over something I'd rather just play with other synths than waste time fixing something just to sell on anyway...

so I end up with gear I don't care for, sitting around with one or 2 defects, waiting for me to fix it up and pass it on. It happens eventually, though.
:-)

I do think that it's good to get rid of stuff you don't have a real use for. Instruments are for playing music on, not collecting dust.

am having the "problem" now... too much of my gear dies on me, very high maintenance equipment when you go old analog.

productivity has been suffering from it big time, i haven't managed to finalize much this year. yes, it's the nature of the business but i am more and more thinking that the little time i have for music should be spent making music, not trying to fix or upgrade vintage kit (although I love doing all of the above )

i am considering selling much of my old gear to then buy newly built analog kit (comes with warranty!) but then to part with it is going to be one of the most difficult things I've ever done...

obviously if I could afford it I would never sell what I already have... but time and money are running short

my stuff doesn't usually break to the point its unusable... just annoying stuff like 1 dead key, or scratchy pots... stuff you can work around, so I just do that..... no problem.... but then when I want to sell it, I have to go to the trouble to fix it first, when I'd rather just see it gone.

give them to me, I'll take em for NOTHING

I have one synth at the moment that I rarely use, the Sequential Pro-One. Just didnt fit it in the tracks ive been doing lately but I will not sell it because it does stuff my others synths dont and I do like the sound of it alot. I regret selling like any piece of gear apart from mc-505 so far. During studio sessions I do use alot of equippe at the same time. Mostly synths tho.
Drumcomputers I usually dont use all at the same time. 2 or 3 at a time max. As long as my finance will allow I won't sell anything.

@honey where do you live? i

When we had a child I didn't have the time to spend hours tinkering with keyboards and found a new interest in changing nappies amd waking up at 3.00am so I sold all my old analog gear as it was not being used and some of it got damaged during a house move (SH101, Pro-One, Juno 106, Korg Mono-poly, Roland CR8000).  Now my daughter is older and I've got time in the evenings to start playing again i really miss them all, even the damaged keys and scratchy pots. 

If you don't have to sell it for financial reasons keep it as you'll always go back to it in time.

nice trades skkatter

Koova, I too have similar hobbies ;-)   no room for studio these days but occasionally i play in the dark while everyone sleeps with the couple pieces i've kept out of storage.