Well, mine may easily need to be checked, but it is remarkable
circumstances that I own it. I bought it about 15 years ago, from a
guitar player that never figured it out. I paid..... USD $90 for it.
Yes, I see the insanity of them on Ebay. I know that 20 year old
electrical anythings can deteriorate, caps leak, etc. I've never done
a thing to it, and nothing is lacking, that I can tell. If the
original owner couldn't figure it out enough to play it, it's unlikely
he learned to store patches. I assume that it's all factory patches
still, it's also rather surprising that the battery is still good.
I've got a couple of monosynths, a Roland SH-101 and a Prodigy as
well, but the JP-8 is the real deal for me.
I've been watching the craziness of SH-101's on Ebay also. I have too
many projects languishing for lack of money, that I am going to
probably sell the SH-101. It has remarkable circumstances behind it,
as well. A church bought it new, and THEY never really figured it out.
I bought it from them for USD $50 about 12 years ago, red with Roland
strap and mod grip. The church guys also built a monster case for it.
It's made of solid half inch plywood, and weighs a whole lot. Too lazy
to convert to metric, by comparison cheap cases are 1/4" and better
ones are 3/8".
It's never seen the inside of a smoky bar, and is basically unplayed,
although there was some battery leak in the battery compartment. The
leak touches no parts, only the inside of a metal lid, so it will
clean up nicely.
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Doug Hardy <do0g@...> wrote:
> I think mine is probably due a good check-up and service, which I'll do when
> I next go back... it's a bit like going to the dentist though isn't it? You
> don't really want to know if anything's wrong!