[sdiy] DIP LM13700 discontinuation

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

Michael E Caloroso via Synth-diy:
> The reason why the TLE2062 was used in the OBMx instead of the Buchla
> preferred TL07x/06x is before Don was brought on board, Gibson CEO
> Henry J stockpiled parts to build production OBMx units before a
> working prototype was even completed.  You NEVER do that.  The
> pre-Buchla prototype was never satisfactory, Gibson was paying
> expensive warehouse costs for these parts that couldn't be used, and
> the value of these components were dropping like a rock.  So when
> Buchla was brought in, it was under the condition that the purchased
> components had to be used wherever possible.

Henry J, no longer CEO, btw, ... heheh... a weird guy.
Not the only questionable decision he's ever made :D (In the mid 2010's:
thicker Les Paul necks, and no choice anymore to *not* have the Robo
Tuning on high <strike>end</strike> price guitar models...)

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