Via slitscan in the comments of this post.""The 100 may have came out as late as 1971."
I lucked into a 100 last weekend, and while it needs some serious work, I did get it to trigger.. (just not in anything resembling pitch)
According to legend, they only made 200 of the 100.. I opened this one up, and s/n 199 is etched into the panel. (although, it looks like someone did it with a knife)
The date on the circuit board (3) is 11-71
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I would not assume that yours is second to last though. I too have heard that there were only about 200 made, but the EML 100 I had had a serial number in the 400's. I think every product they made just went up a number regardless of what it was.
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I don't think it's true either.
ReplyDeleteThe gentleman that I picked this up from bought it new from EML directly in 1972, and took it to them for service regularly throughout its life- including adding the modulation wheel mod.
It "stopped working" in the early 90's, and he took it to a repair shop on Long Island who quoted him about $500 to do traces and repair the synth, and he opted to stick it in storage instead.
Cosmetically it's pretty rough. The latches have all been replaced and/or rigged together, and the outer casing looks like it's going to fall apart if you blow too hard on it. That, and it's got the musty "I've been in a basement for 10 years" smell to it.
i think there were only 100 made, and believe the last SN was 200.
ReplyDeleteNo offense, but did you not see that my 100 had a serial number in the 400's?
ReplyDeleteI"m with Heath; I'm not sure the serial #'s on EML synths are trustworthy. My 101 has a serial number in the 700s, which would indicate that it's one of the later of that model, but it has other features that seem to mark it as an earlier unit.
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