I was lucky enough to acquire a Prodigy yesterday from a thrift shop for $895. It's in great mechanical conditon, all original knobs, all the functions work... but some evil person painted it silver with this thick, chunky paint. The next day I immediately began chipping at the paint and slowly, but surely, the gorgeous natural wood finish underneath is showing, but who would subject such a beautiful organic-looking instrument to such a horrid paint job?
Other than its third party "makeover", its my third Moog (I have a Voyager and a Micromoog) and I think it's the nicest sounding of all of them (and I'm speaking as someone who has played my Voyager every day since I picked it up in August 2003. Now I REALLY want a vintage Mini.
Feel free to comment on this horrid paint job and if you can aid me in finding the cruel person who committed this atrocity so that he/she can be brought to justice... it's serial #11543, I believe, though the number has smudged a tad on the first '1' and the "4".
Prodigy abuse.
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Well, $895 Canadian... and at least it's in great working order.
I found after my post last night that the guy painted the bottom, too, and he scratched his name and phone number into the paint. He's local. Perhaps I'll give him a call and find out what possessed him to deface a modern piece of art.
I found after my post last night that the guy painted the bottom, too, and he scratched his name and phone number into the paint. He's local. Perhaps I'll give him a call and find out what possessed him to deface a modern piece of art.
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Re: Prodigy abuse.
It looks as if they really wanted a Source.Joog wrote:I was lucky enough to acquire a Prodigy yesterday from a thrift shop for $895. It's in great mechanical conditon, all original knobs, all the functions work... but some evil person painted it silver with this thick, chunky paint. The next day I immediately began chipping at the paint and slowly, but surely, the gorgeous natural wood finish underneath is showing, but who would subject such a beautiful organic-looking instrument to such a horrid paint job?.
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to clean your prodigy
Hi, you can try to use nail polish remover to clean it up. I once use it to clean a paint mess (kinda like yours) on a synth and this product was strong enough to remove the paint but not strong enough to take the original varnish off.
Good luck, Give me news,
Fred
Good luck, Give me news,
Fred
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