So, i’m the proud owner of a Clavinet D6 in decent condition. Its clean, shileded, original pickup and pre-amp, in great studio recording condition. It’s missing the usual: legs, flanges, music stand. And somehow, its even missing the steel/lead composite shielding plate under the pickup.
Anyway, ive been offered a trade: A moog taurus 1 in great shape for my D6.
Is this a good deal? I know Taurus 1’s are more rare, and used to go for a huge amount on ebay. But did the Taurus 3 impact the price that much that it would fall to the $1500 range?? I used to see Taurus ones for $3000 plus. And, Ive rarely seen a clav go for more than $1500 even in perfect shape (besides the fleecers on ebay trying to get $5000).
you might not get $3000 for a T1 ever again. Once T3s start to make their way to eBay no one will (except for die hard collectors) will want to spend on T1s if they can buy a new fancy feature rich T3.
but I would still make the trade for the T1. that clav sounds like it has been harvested or something.
Id go for the trade, particularly because I have been hearing recently tht you can get D6’s on the market these days for about 1200, whereas you can get more with a T1, provided that its not all screwed up, otherwise you would be breaking even.
Just depends on what you want to do with said instrument in your music.
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