Uninformed Pawn Shop owners (was: A word of warning!)

[Benjamin Woenig]

Best deals ive encounted was a dbx 266 compressor for $200Aus ($110US),
it was labelled as a "volume control". I also bought an Acetone monosynth
for
$175Aus (about $90US), and to this day I can find no info on the unit. Its a
very
cool monosynth with a building destroying filter resonance (its screams
instead
of whistles), and an amazing PWM, very fat. Since in been in the studio
though,
some mug has lost a slider cap :(

When I was 15, I came across a Korg MS02 cv/converter box, and watched it
sit the same store for over 2 years, gradually being reduced in price from
$300
to $60Aus. I am kicking myself for not buying it, now that I actually know
what
it does!

Ironically, all this stuff has been found in the same store.

~bud

> >Doug wrote:
> >
> >Jeez... I just hate hearing these stories. "I found a Jupiter 8 at a
> >yard sale for $10". "I found a Vox AC-30 in the local pawn shop for
> >$50". :-)
> >
> >Pawn shops in Baltimore charge for *everything* that looks old as if
> >it were some sacred relic.
>
>
> It's that way everywhere. These stories are few and far between. I've been
> hitting pawn shops for at least 7 or 8 years now, and I've found ONE good
> deal. For the most part, they just have Roland D-10's for $800, and
Ensoniq
> Mirage's for $650. Don't know why I keep going back.
>
> -jason
>
>