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by eric coleridge » Sat Apr 11, 2009 11:02 pm
When I was in high school, around '91-'93, I bought a Realistic Concertmate for $50 at a pawn shop. Later, the same year, I found a MicroMoog at different pawn shop. They thought it was broken, because no one could get any sound out of it. They gave it to me for $40. It was perfectly fine, the filter cutoff was probably all the way down, or something. After many years of playing them, I sold them both. I sort of wish I still had the Micro.
Just about two years ago, I bought a MultiMoog 'buy it now' for $400. That was a pretty good deal. I didn't really like the sound of it though, although, the key action after-pressure was awesome. I sold it, although I wish I didn't now. I just don't like having too many synths all at once, or maybe I can't afford to.
Also, just after the Multi, maybe a year and a half ago I found someone selling an early serial number '72 or '73 Mini on a synth message board. I bought it for $1000. After a a good cleaning, including the key contacts, I found that it was in nearly perfect condition.