FWIW - I purchased some parts from Jared to help my refurb project. I purchased a CS60 not too long ago on eBay sold as "For Parts or not working". Hahaha. Well, when it got here it was in much worse condition than the seller had let on. I decided I would restore it no matter what it took. I have already spent a lot of money on parts from US, England, Netherlands, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Canada in the 2 months since purchasing it. I have even had to fabricate my own replacement parts for the aftertouch bar under the keyboard. Silly, I know.
But you know what? It's making sound now. :) Sure it needs to be tuned and calibrated but its going to survive thanks to Jared making some parts available.
So, don't be too hard on Jared guys and gals. Sometimes in passing other things are resurrected.
(I only wish I had video'd the part when I was blowing the 1 cm thick dust/dirt from the interior of my CS60. I couldn't even recognize what cards were in the machine! It must have been in storage in the desert for decades. The dust clouds filled the street like a dense fog as I blew it out with my compressor. Truly hilarious - no lie!)
Tim
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "synthparts" <synthparts@...> wrote:
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> Yes it does seem a shame to part out a nice, working CS60 that was recently resored and with MIDI installed...
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> I still have some parts left over from a CS50 and CS60 that were in bad shape and would have required lots of time and money to get fully working. I actually recently sold a complete CS60 for $2500 that was maybe 80% functional rather than parting it so it might survive as whole...
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> Doug
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> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, Kurt Bujack <kbujack@> wrote:
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> > Honestly, there is a value in "Parts" from a CS-60 to revive a CS-80.
> > However, I believe that any synth that is utilized as parts for another,
> > should in itself be either non-working or too many repair issues. Having
> > worked, played and repaired both, it really depends on which instrument you
> > want to survive (CS-80 of course). That is the unfortunate issue with
> > designs that are old, have obsolete parts etc.
> >
> > In closing, a fully working Minty CS-60 should remain as such, but one that
> > is somewhat broken may give life to the Mothership :) I guess my main
> > issue/grunt with this thread is only that the latest member of this group
> > only joined to sell or destroy a wonderful instrument without heart.
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:58 PM, T.M. Bois <bucklehorse@> wrote:
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> > > Indeed, it seems vintage synths--and vintage instruments in general--are
> > > only affordable to collectors now.
> > >
> > > Oh well, at least struggling musicians still have access to virtual synths
> > > and cheap midi controllers! ;)
> > >
> > > On 2012-05-24, at 3:48 PM, Jared Tauben wrote:
> > >
> > > > time's are changing....
> > > >
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Quazimodo <noddyspuncture@>
> > > > To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:00:08 PM
> > > > Subject: [yamahacs80] Re: Yamaha CS60 with midi for Sale (or parts)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > That is more than double what I paid for my more ∗expensive∗, second
> > > CS80...!
> > > >
> > > > Cheerz,
> > > > TOM
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