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Hi all:

So Pauly dropped a bomb. And you know what I say? Bomb the boats
and feed the fish! ;-)

Here is why I say this:

1.- It's a cool song title by the "Forgotten Rebels", the LEAST synth
band, EVER.

2.- I have always wanted a high quality modular instrument. If it's
discrete transistors behind the panel or thorium flux ion transponder
doohickeys, I could not care less. Since I use the Nostromo in live
gigs, the subtleties of analog vs digital are often VERY difficult to
tell. But the difference between fiddling the Nostromo live vs.
fiddling a laptop live is similar IMO to the difference between
playing a Les Paul and a MIDI guitar. (Guitar players will know
what I'm on aboot here.)

3.- DIY is NOT dead. You cannot ever kill the DIY ethic. Those that
really got the bug, got it and you can't kill it off. I mean, is
building a MOTM kit really DIY anyways? Richard Brewster's S/H
conversion: now THAT's MOTM DIY!


Another issue: current module resale values are ..... unpredictable.
I own 2 MOTM 101 S/H modules. It occurs to me (continuing my glowing
praise of Richie baby [ he's gonna kill me for that ]) that if I want
more S/H (and I do) replacing the 101s with a zero-droop digital
version would be the way to go. I suspect many would agree. Which
means the second the digital module becomes available, the 101 market
goes to hell.

Power supplies: I currently have 4 SKB cases and 3 run +/-15V and 1
runs +/-15V and +5V. I may need to add more +5V supplies.... which
means the MOTM 990 power connector board essential kit. NEVER disco
this baby!

Here endeth the musings, BFG
;-)

PS: This whole thing is a smart idea by MOTM and I am overwhelmingly
happy (and a litttle surprised) to see how much support the idea has.

G