Not a story about a moog, but I thought I would share anyway.
I met a guy who had an ARP Odyssey sitting around his place. I asked if I could borrow it to record some with it and he says sure, but he’s not sure if it even works anymore. He was partially right. After much research I was able to get it back into working order. I took it back to him yesterday to return it and he told me to keep it. Now it sits next to my LP Tribute Edition. I’m very humbled.
A very nice holiday story indeed! 
Yeah, Merry Freakin Christmas!
Merry Christmas! Great story. Enjoy the ARP - indeed a living, and music making, part of synthesizer history.
There is NOTHING like a free synth.
My aunt married this guy named Randy, my Dad got a long with him because they were both Pianists. Well, Randy is the type of person who gets tired of a piece of gear and just gives it away. He just up and gave my Dad a MicroMoog.
Nothing like a free Moog.
I heard recently that Randy had an RD700 (or 600) piano. This guy was working for him, and he made the comment to Randy “As soon as I can afford it, Im going to get me one of those.” Randy just gave it to him.
There are some really great people out there.
EricK
Wow fantastic christmas story. Im sure the phatty and arp will play quite nicely together. 
Which model is it? There were quite a few different versions.
I think Maskin wanted to know which model Ody it was. There are many variations of that synth from ARP. (Mine was a white mid version with later filter and still the knob for pitch change. )
Oh, I didn’t realise there were actual differences between the different colored models besides the plates. My bad.
I’m pretty sure they were like the 2600s; the later ones (orange face) had the state-variable filter with a limit freq response.
I meant which version of the oddy. There is the one with the white pannel and a 2pole filter, a black and gold one with a moog filter clone, and a black and gold with an arp ladder filter. I think there are a few other differences but those are main ones I remember
So what was wrong with it and how did you fix it?
Cool deal, Moogtard! 
I once put up a page with many of the differences between Odys because there was so much hype about earlier white face instruments being “better.”
It’s somewhat biased against earlier Odys, but it’s written from a tech point of view for the most part, not a musician’s.
Later Odys did however have a pitchbend knob that was calibrated to exactly an octave in either direction.
Musically, this could be considered an improvement as it can transpose the Ody just one octave while the transpose switch went two octaves.
It should be noted that those that claim Arps had Moog filters are stretching things a bit.
Yes, there were Moog-patented ladder filter designs used, but Arp used different parts running on different voltages and with a different output buffer design.
The result is a filter that really doesn’t sound so much like a Moog.
No lawsuit ever took place either because Arp noticed that Moog copied one of their designs too.
It was settled in a gentlemanly manner without any lawyers or courts.
From what I understand though, Arp did sue Octave Electronics over the design of the Cat though and won.
Anyway, the page is located here:
http://www.synthfool.com/whtvsblkody.html
Too bad more people don’t solve their differences in gentlemanly fashions.
Its the third version with the black and orange face. When I got it it was sustaining sound to no end with just about no control over pitch. I gave it a very very hot bath with simple green, lightly brushed the sliders circut boards and connections, rinsed it out throughly, used a blowdryer, then let it sit in warm dry room for a day before putting it back together and turning it on. It fix everything. Being that I was born in 1985, I have been used to a certain set of consequences when getting electronics wet. It blew my mind to find out that not only could I do this to clean the arp, but it is a common practice for professional repairmen.
Heh sounds like the condition my micro was in when I got it. I couldn’t control it at all and most of the didnt controls made sense, things were working backwards and inside out
It blew my mind to find out that not only could I do this to clean the arp, but it is a common practice for professional repairmen.
Well, it is a common practice for me anyway.
(see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwRlZyIG6rg )
Others? I don’t know.
I’ve never heard of any actual tech shop doing it.
Most “real” tech shops don’t have bathtubs or even sinks large enough.
That’s one reason why the best techs tend to work out of their homes.
It’s also why DIY can sometimes be better than a tech shop.
Congrats on fixing it.
“Others? I don’t know. I’ve never heard of any actual tech shop doing it.”
While doing research I did see your video. I also found this website. http://www.arpodyssey.com/ which lead me to this website http://www.caesound.com/
I live in the bay area about an hour and 20 mintues from these guys. I called them and they were happy to answer alot of questions for me. I told them about your video and they said they also give ARPs baths as part of a cleaning process they do.