Custom Modular for $50

via mistercooper on this VSE thread:
"It contains the following.
1x +- 15V power supply
1x dual 10 step cv sequencer
4x ADSR envelopes
3x VCA
1x SV 24db filter
1x Bode Frequency Shifter (!!!)
1x Dual Trigger Delay
1x Noise generator
1x Frequency Standard
2x VCO
1x Keyboard interface
1x FM
1x Phase Locked Loop
1x Pedal interface
1x Flanger
1x Reverb w/ tank
1x something of which i have no idea what it is
1x multiple

and a quadruple pedal

I answered an ad- "Hand Built Music Synthesizer from the 1970's - $50". Of course, I immediately got my hopes up thinking I might have stumbled upon an old paia or maybe even an I4600, but quickly dismissed such thoughts, and assumed it was some shoddy kit or broken junk someone was trying to get rid of. I was obviously wrong. Shocked
I drove about 20 minutes to the person's house. I was then greeted by a late middle aged woman with a lot of dogs. She yelled to her husband upstairs that the synthesizer person was here. After some strange noises, he came downstairs. The guy could have been R.A. Moog himself. Balding graying hair, huge glasses that were probably as old as the synth. He led me into the family room and... wow. My jaw dropped. The guy is a retired electronics engineer. His wife and him are moving and she would rather he didn't bring this monster with them. It was his labor of love throughout the 70's, and I can see why he got into engineering. He designed the entire thing himself, basing most of the designs on old Moog stuff. It even has a state variable 24db filter (the only module thats currently on the fritz), and a bode shifter! Very Happy. The guy got into the zone, clearly having no one else to share his old passion with, and demonstrated the unit for over 2 hours while I just sat there, amazed. As I was leaving, I found out that he was going to take it to the landfill before his wife decided to post the ad. Shocked Shocked Shocked She was even coming in periodically to remind him 'Remember, we are willing to negotiate, wayyy down.' I laughed inside. A lot. Felt kind of guilty as I left. He threw in a bunch of replacement switches and blank panels for the empty spots (cant wait to stick some of my DIY circuits in there). I got about 30 1/4in patch cables, too. Ah hell, who am I kidding"

I guess it does happen folks. via the comments of this post. Images mirrored here for when the VSE thread disappears.