[sdiy] Ridiculous price for Paia synth

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I bought some QX-1 disks from Chris ex -New Order 

Thanks David

 

From: Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org> on behalf of Todd Sines <sines_list at scale.la>
Date: Monday, 23 November 2020 at 4:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [sdiy] Ridiculous price for Paia synth

 

Chris Hewitt is ridiculous. 



Recently posted this to AH:

I bought a non-working Marshall Time Modulator from Chris Hewitt, author / director of “He Wasn’t Just the Fifth Member of Joy Division”.. who sold a shedload of Factory-era gear from Martin Hannett. I wanted some of that Hannett mojo, and paid way more than I should. I received it, and it was questionable. I wrote David Kulka — known for his repair and parts for byzantine studio gear, like.. Marshall Time Modulators. He purchased the remains of the estate of Steven St. Croix, including the notoriously impossible to repair MTMs. 

I sent him these shots of the supposed Hannett owned MTM:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B055qXGF1q3v4s    

He immediately identified this from a series of prototypes / parts machines were sold on eBay to buyer named Chris, in the UK. Chris had printed up Dymo labels to say “Hannett MTM”, etc and resold them with a signed copy of his book as a means of trying to cash in on Martin’s legacy. Sad! 

I shipped it to him, and found one from Hamish Jackson of MJQ. He collected my MTM from Jamie from Britannia Row Studios, and claims it was used on Pink Floyd, and who knows what else. Coil, New Order, Section 25, and Joy Division recorded there, which was ok by me.

 

Fuck that Chris Hewitt guy. 

 

 

Todd

 




On Nov 22, 2020, at 8:58 PM, Benjamin Tremblay via Synth-diy <synth-diy at synth-diy.org> wrote:

I scored a 2700 at a flea market. After a few days I got the oscillator started and listened to the signal path.

There’s just nothing there to like.

 

Benjamin Tremblay




On Nov 21, 2020, at 4:59 AM, Tom Bugs <admin at bugbrand.co.uk> wrote:

 

Before my son was born, I used to regularly look through ebay for parts/repair items (usually a bad habit!) - that 'Martin Hannett' seller cropped up quite regularly, the items overpriced & never seeming to shift.
(Hey, who wants to pay £800 for a really poor old mixer that hasn't been tested?!)
Idly looking again the other day & saw another such advert - wow, the seller is *still* at it! - strikes me slightly as dogged perseverance trying to slowly sell this stuff.

On 21/11/2020 07:57, Vesa Lahteenmaki wrote:

yours just for 7500 GBP, about 10000 USD

 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EMS-Bournemouth-built-PAIA-analog-synth-1970s-from-Martin-Hannett/284014785012?hash=item422099b1f4:g:0iIAAOSwOCdfYzwq




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