From Mike SynMike Sent Mon, Oct 15th 2018, 19:55
From Mike SynMike Sent Mon, Oct 15th 2018, 19:55
On Oct 15, 2018, at 11:01 AM, Jason Proctor <xxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: >=20 > memories of vintage gear are often rosier than reality :-) I sold my Jupiter-8 about 25 years ago and it kept me awake at night for = more than a year before I found another one to replace it. I = occasionally miss my System-100, my Minimoog, my Moog System 15, but not = in the same way. All great instruments. The reasons than I had for = selling those were well though out and remain valid. Reasons mostly = hinged around =E2=80=9Cthese have crazy high dollar value as compared to = utility and to the enjoyment I get out of them.=E2=80=9D Now the JP-8 I have owned for 24 years has reached all new high dollar = value. The dollar value far outstrips my utility. My $700 StudioLogic = Sledge has roughly equal utility value. But I=E2=80=99m not yet sure = that the dollar value outweighs the enjoyment value I get in the = 1hour/month that I play the JP-8. I remember how strongly I missed it = when it was gone. I recently spent $600 on my Prophet-600. My upcoming repair bills for my = beloved but broken Octave Cat will add good perspective to my thoughts = on keeping vintage gear. Basically, I have too much old gear and some is = gonna go. I have a few on my =E2=80=9CI will never sell=E2=80=9D list, = but more on the =E2=80=9Cshould I sell it?=E2=80=9D list. In the past few years I rebought D-50, Juno-60, DX-7, YC30. Fortunately = I got pretty good deals on all of them so when I realized that, as Jason = wrote, "memories of vintage gear are often rosier than reality,=E2=80=9D = I was able to sell each for them for a bit more than I paid for them. Mike.=