I paid just a tiny bit under that for my CS-80 about 1 year ago; and it took years to find one even available.....
But ten years ago $1000 at an estate sale when I was piss ass broke and helpless. My opinion... if you really want one, managed to find one and have the money.... then get it. They are not making any more of these.
But each individual's life has priorities before luxury items. So keep those ideals in check. That's my advice to you. Life and family first. Toys later. You could buy that CS-80 and keep the old car running another 10 years before trading it in (if the car is paid for).
For me... now repairing my CS-80. These are tired machines and some of them need much TLC. But will easily outlive you and I once properly restored.
--- On Thu, 2/11/10, mattcs80 <imatts@...> wrote:
From: mattcs80 <imatts@...>
Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Been offered a CS80 for £8k - deliberations...
To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010, 5:06 AM
That's kind of what I'm worried about. I know it's had some kind of work from KSR but I suppose that's no guarantee it's not going to break tomorrow.
If it had been £3-4k then I'd have snapped it up. The only thing that's making me consider it is that they'll just keep going up in price I expect... although I can't believe they're this much already.
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogro ups.com, "Wavecomputer360" <wavecomputer360@ ...> wrote:
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> At 8k there are many pitfalls. As much as I love the CS80, I´d not spend that much on this synth unless I have twice that amount in my wallet to buy spares and pay a tech to install these in case something breaks.
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> Stephen
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> Subject: [yamahacs80] Been offered a CS80 for £8k - deliberations. ..
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> First of all Hi to everyone! My first message to the group. My name's Matt and I've been a synth player for years, just embarking on a new recording project.
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> I've been offered a CS80 for £8k. It would be about 4 times more money than any other bit of musical kit I've ever bought, just to put in perspective! I've wanted a CS80 for years and am now wishing I'd taken out a loan 5 years ago and picked one up for a quarter the price! Only now do I have that kind of money available...
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> My main reason for posting here is to ask what pitfalls to consider when buying one of these? Are there any components in there that you just can't get any more?
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> What I don't want is a giant 8 grand oversized paperweight! :) cos I'm not buying it to look at, I want to play it, probably quite a lot!
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> What it boils down to is really - should these things be left to wealthy collectors now, or is it a viable instrument for years to come? It will reside permanently in my studio should I end up buying it.
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> Also, with regards to price, what are they worth? - I'll listen to all angles on this...
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> Cheers!
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> Matt.
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