From OH Sent Tue, Nov 14th 2006, 14:55
From OH Sent Tue, Nov 14th 2006, 14:55
i think, it's merely a price problem. i mean 125 000 for a GX1... OK it's awesome and rare but you will have to keep up with servicing, too. and a CS80, is at least transprotable to some extent. if i can get a M5 for the same price than a 2600... if new stuff can do more for much less and is more reliable... than there is a problem. and i am not talking about digital or virtual competition here. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Ward" <xxxxxx@xxxxxx.xxxx.xxx> To: "Analogue Heaven" <xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> Cc: <xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:31 PM Subject: Re: [AH] Yamaha GX-1 on Ebay... > > >> KE > But at the current prices it seems people are buying image (curb >> appeal) over substance. >> >> Nothing wrong or unusual with this. Its the same in any vintage >> market, >> for example; cars and houses. Character over pragmatism. >> >> The character of the instrument can often inspire you to do great >> things. Or you can use it to simply sound like someone's music you >> grew >> up with. >> >> Its also an investment - although, this can be more fickle. >> >> And as William Morris said over a hundred years ago: >> >> "Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or >> believe to be beautiful" >> >> With an old Moog modular you surely have both. >> >> Tony > > Perhaps this is demonstrated by the fact that an awesome old Roland > System 700 failed to sell on the last Vemia auction for the relative > bargain price of UKP10,000. Perhaps these things (and I include the > non-selling GX-1 and other recent hard-to-shift stuff I've seen like > an Arp 2500, and there are probably more examples) are just too > heavy, unwieldy, expensive and (nowadays) less flexible and desirable > than say a modern MOTM or Doepfer. The 700 looks just massive... > > As Tony suggests, an equivalent old Moog different and seems to > attract none of this kind of problem, however. > > Yours in a philosophical mood, > Ben > > Korg Kornucopia - analogue synthesizers > > > >