Title link takes you to shots via this auction."RARE ROLAND SH 3 ANALOG SYNTHESIZER. Roland infringed on Moog's filter design and was forced to cease production of this model very early resulting in very few being made.They then released the much more common SH 3 A with a different filter design.Consequently the SH 3 has become a very collectable and rare synth."
Anyone know the story behind this? True?
That's the story I've always heard about the SH-3. I heard it before ebay existed.
ReplyDeleteI have one. Absolutely love it.
ReplyDeleteYes, that story is true
ReplyDeletePhil Oakey of the Human League had this to say about the 3A in a 1982 Keyboard interview:
ReplyDelete"absolute rubbish, just a rotten synthesizer, made for disaffected keyboard players or something."
Must have been the non-Moog filter...
yes, this is the same story I've heard 1000 times, so it is true whether by fact or propaganda brainwashing. The SH-3 sounds infinately better than the SH-3A to my ears, and I disagree that it is a rubish synth. You can jam for hours on that thing and still discover new universes in S&H land. Bubbling electricity, and the sweetest reso-filter growl sound ever!
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