<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Mine is stock, I haven’t begun to go into it yet. I just provided that link as a what if scenario.<div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Todd<br class=""></span><div class=""><div class=""><br></div><div class=""><font color="#000000" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 22, 2025, at 11:47 AM, Mark Glinsky <glinskym@sbcglobal.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydp7a0ac25cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div></div>
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On Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 11:22:43 AM EDT, Michael E Caloroso <mec.forumreader@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp23034f4yiv0397573556"><div dir="ltr">Run, don't walk, run very far away.<div><br></div><div>No idea who Jim Chandler is, but those mods are poorly done and no mention in the auction if schematics for the mods are included. On top of that, I see bad corrosion on the jacks which is a good indicator that this has seen some road abuse. Add all that to a product with a history of labor intensive restorations - replacing tantalum caps, slidepots, ripping out the useless guitar interface, fixing the PSU with the same fault as ARP Omni, other potential problems.</div><div><br></div><div>Did I mention that I bought an Avatar that I am currently restoring and converting into an Odyssey module with MIDI retrofit?</div><div><br></div><div>Other red flags "bought from estate" "don't know how to test it" are known euphemisms for "it is very broken, we don't want to put the $$$ into fixing it, so we're passing the buck onto you".</div><div><br></div><div>Run very far away,</div><div>MC</div></div><br><div class="ydp23034f4yiv0397573556gmail_quote ydp23034f4yiv0397573556gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp23034f4yiv0397573556gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM Todd Sines via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp23034f4yiv0397573556gmail_quote"><div><div dir="ltr">Space is a premium in our place and wondering if I should let go of my ARP avatar — and then I saw this.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anyone know Jim Chandler? This was done in 1982.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">ARP Avatar Custom Modified Guitar Synthesizer 1982<br><a href="https://reverb.com/item/25863293-arp-avatar-custom-modified-guitar-synthesizer-1982?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=25863293" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://reverb.com/item/25863293-arp-avatar-custom-modified-guitar-synthesizer-1982?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=25863293</a></div><br id="ydp23034f4yiv0397573556m_-2826390719773534902lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span>Todd</span></div><div><span><br></span></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#000000"></font></div></div></div></div>________________________________________________________<br>
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