SergeModular

hello List,

many thanks to all for the detailed replys!!

best regards, :-)
Bakis.


--- evetsterueb <synth@...> wrote:

> The comments above are a good guide. Watch the
> newsgroups and ebay for
> a while. As far as the difference of opinion about
> prices for old
> panels, I've seen old panels fetch high prices. The
> main determinant
> seems to be how well the module selection matches
> the desires of the
> buyer, not age. This is a somewhat unique factor in
> the used Serge
> market since you're always dealing in groups of
> modules.
>
> I'm famiiar with STS panels from the Oakland era, as
> well as pre-STS
> panels from 1980/1981 (They were on Haight Street in
> San Francisco
> then), and 1980/1981 panels later rebuilt by STS and
> combined with
> newer circuits. All of it has held up very very well
> and is more alike
> than different. I also have a used panel from about
> 1977 or 1978 which
> has different banana jacks (not the Johnson jacks).
> These old jacks
> are secured by a barbed clip rather than a nut, and
> many of those
> needed to be replaced. The Johnson jacks are
> incredibly durable. If
> you find anything much older than that (panel
> graphics with lots of
> boxes and triangles) I suspect there is more
> variation.
>
> Rex has gradually incorporated some improvements
> into the electronics
> of some modules (AFIK mostly subtle changes and
> cleanups), turned some
> common modifications into standard features,
> transitioned to panel
> graphics on metal and introduced the deeper chassis
> boxes,
> discontinued some modules and created some new ones
> but overall the
> product line has been pretty consistent over time.
> If you are looking
> for certain modules (you mentioned a WAD) that will
> limit the date
> range. I wonder if anybody has a timeline of these
> things?
>
>
> --- In SergeModular@yahoogroups.com, "buchla300"
> <david.morley@...> wrote:
> >
> > I stand by my valuations of $800 to $1800 in
> general
> > If we are talking Pre STS then I think over $2000
> would need it to be
> > full of exceptional modules and this is unlikely
> although totally
> > possible that one panel has JUST rare and
> expensive modules...
>
>
>
>

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