MATRIXSYNTH: ARP 2600 Grey Meanie


Tuesday, September 18, 2007

ARP 2600 Grey Meanie

via this auction.

"super-rare ARP Gray Meanie otherwise known as the ARP 2600C from the personal collection of Phil Cirocco of CMS / Discrete Synthesizers. It also includes the super rare 3604C matching keyboard. It was made in 1971. It still has the original ARP serial # on the front panel. The front panel has been restored and has been fitted with all new chrome hardware including all new Switchcraft jack hardware. All the
sliders are intact and move freely. It features an original, fully functional ARP 4012 filter and a rare ARP 4010 VCA. The filter main board has spring loaded sub-module sockets for easy service. It also features the very rare and better sounding 4027 VCO’s. This unit also features the Audio Path Upgrade from CMS. This upgrade combined with the special VCOs and VCF and VCA make this unit one of the best sounding 2600s of all time. The power supply was recently rebuilt here at CMS and is good for the next 20 years. The Keyboard is a super rare ARP 2600C monophonic keyboard. It also features a stainless steel cabinet. The keyboard is fully functional. The keys are in fair condition. It includes the keyboard connection cables as well as the AC cable. This system has been fully calibrated recently here at CMS. This is a vintage instrument from 1971. See the bottom of the CMS 2600 page for additional info."

9 comments:

  1. holy smokes

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  2. take a good look folks you don't see a genuine grey meanie very often...now anyone out there willing to loan me some cash?

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  3. service nightmare.

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  4. Service nightmare maybe, but the real nightmare here is that this bad boy came up for auction and I don't have the free cash to buy it.

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  5. I hope this one goes to the end unlike the 2500 auction.

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  6. Its a popular myth that these instruments are nicknamed 'Grey (or Blue) Meanie', the correct nomenclature is actually Grey Marvin.

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  7. meh..who cares, call it what you will you still can't afford it

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