Prodigy abuse.

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Prodigy abuse.

Post by Joog » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:06 am

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".

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Post by writeroxie » Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:44 am

that price ain't so thrifty.

atleast they only painted over the wood though... could've been worse!

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Post by Joog » Mon Jul 30, 2007 12:04 pm

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.

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Post by electrical_engineer_gEEk » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:08 pm

lol.....sounds like the half broken acoustic guitars they try to sell at my thrift store for $300 and the toy casio keyboards that go for $75...oh and that old dented & rusty trumpet that was marked for around $200......
oh, poor confused souls.....

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Post by martin » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:09 pm

poor prodigy, so much make-up!

:wink:

wood rules! go wood! wood is good!

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Post by ColorForm2113 » Sat Aug 04, 2007 3:58 am

OH the HORROR :shock: Please find this person and smack some sense into him. other than the paint, it looks very clean and pretty

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Re: Prodigy abuse.

Post by museslave » Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:50 pm

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?.
It looks as if they really wanted a Source. :wink:
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to clean your prodigy

Post by fred » Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:27 pm

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.

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Post by Kevin Lightner » Thu Sep 06, 2007 7:08 pm

Sorry, but most nail polishes use acetone and will melt a Prodigy overlay.
Might try a citrus based solvent like De-SolvIt or something like that.
Most petroleum based solvents will affect plastic. :(

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Post by carbon111 » Thu Sep 06, 2007 9:56 pm

You could try removing the guts for safekeeping and using a heat gun and thin steel putty knife to get the paint off.

Laquer thinner and sanding would take care of the residue then you could use a nice polyurethane clearcoat.
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