A week or so ago there was a PPG wave 2.3 sold on Ebay.
The seller said it worked great and that I had serviced it.
It sold immediately.
Only one problem…
I DID service that particular unit, but it was returned to that owner as broken and non-repairable.
It was intermittent and the owner didn’t want to invest the money to do what was necessary for full repairs.
That owner then sold it to the person who resold it on Ebay.
This 2nd seller never contacted me to ask about the instrument.
He just trusted the 1st guy he bought it from and resold it.
The new buyer received it and, of course, it died the first day.
He contacted me (we’ve known each other over a decade) and I told him the true history of the instrument.
He’s currently returning this PPG and is hoping he’ll get his $4000 back.
Now currently, there is a Minimoog on Ebay that says I serviced it.
Item 170389240599
This seller states that I worked on this instrument, but he never contacted me and I truly don’t think I worked on it.
It would be nice to take the credit for the seller’s nice prose, but I don’t think it’s the truth.
I don’t think I’ve ever worked on this instrument before and have definitely never worked for this seller.
So just an FYI to both buyers and sellers:
I don’t know if all advertised LAMM Memorymoogs were truly serviced by Rudi Linhard or all advertised CMS Arp 2600s were serviced by Phil Cirocco.
But in any case, I’m willing to verify such claims when I’ve been personally mentioned in an ad or auction.
I will reply to any emails asking whether I did or did not service or restore an instrument.
I photograph every instrument that comes here and keep records.
Full restorations do not come cheap and one should get their money’s worth.