
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I love old obscure gear, but beware of precious old synths who talk like Stinky Pete and seem to want to stay in their original box forever. <div class="">Synthesizers are like stuffed animals, the most loved ones get loved into sawdust. Taoism says the sharpest knife will be the one that gets dulled and worn out the fastest. </div><div class="">If we don’t use something up, we haven’t used it well. </div><div class="">Of course, repair and maintenance are part of this (and can apply to teddy bears too), and that’s where we elves come into the story. But the quest for “buying authentic experiences” seems more absurd in 2023 than ever. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do find bargains on <a href="http://reverb.com" class="">reverb.com</a>, but never under the heading of one of these articles.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Ben</div><div class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 9, 2023, at 12:50 AM, Paul Perry via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">They actually were far more successful than most synth companies, in that they actually got a working product out the door and sold to customers. They may not have made money, but they succeeded in making synths.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">paul perry Melbourne Australia</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 2:21 PM BrightBoy via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;" class="">Just another way for Reverb to fluff up the prices on stuff that's already way too high in price....</div><p style="margin:0.1rem 0px;line-height:1" class=""> </p><div style="margin: 0.1rem 0px; line-height: 1;" class="">BB</div><p style="margin:0.1rem 0px;line-height:1" class=""> </p>

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<div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Sun, Jan 8, 2023 at 6:01 PM Logan Mitchell Sr via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org" target="_blank" class="">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>> wrote:</div>

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