Modular Formats on Ebay Update & Send Your Auction Items In

See the Modular section on the right under MORE STUFF. Links now include Eurorack, Frac Rack, Modcan / Cynthia, Moog / Dotcom, Serge, Buchla, and Wiard. There are RSS feeds for each so you can sub to them if you want to get notified when new items go up. Note each query has it's own little quirks to filter the garbage out. Modcan / Cynthia is based on the query term Modcan as adding the term Cynthia brings up way too many non-synth items to filter out otherwise. If you are listing an item in this format, make sure it contains Modcan. As for Wiard, you'll notice it does not include Malekko Eurorack. For that see Eurorack. Wiard, Buchla and Serge include the term modular. If I don't include it a ton of non related items come up. Unfortunately these two Wiard modules do not show up in my query because they do not include the term modular. The only way I was able to filter the rest out was by adding Buchla to the query, but it doesn't make sense to require Buchla for all Wiard listings.

Anyway, if you want to be listed, be sure you to include the key terms and not the terms I filter out, and of course feel free to send your items in for a post. Just send the auction number in and I'll put it up here or on MATRIXSYNTH-B depending on the quality of the pics, rarity of the item, and/or interesting bits of history. Note this applies to everything synth, not just modular formats of course.

This should give you an idea of how it can be a little tricky to find items on Ebay. If you are looking for particular brands of synths like Moog, or anything in particular, but want to filter out all the garbage, start with the Synths on Ebay US and Synths on Ebay UK links. Bring them up and then just add the term you want to narrow things by to the query. You should get much better results than just a blanket search on Moog. Try it to see what I'm talking about.

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And that is pretty much it at this point. As for other available modular formats, see this post. I may refine the queries in time and/or add more. If you'd like to see anything else, just email me. And remember, if you are listing an item on Ebay, send the auction number in! Note the one rule I do have is it has to be synth related and I only post a given pic once if I can help it, so once you send an item in, that's it. If you re-list and item, I'll need new pics for a new post.