MATRIXSYNTH: Walter Sears Moog Minimoog Oscillator board


Sunday, September 25, 2011

Walter Sears Moog Minimoog Oscillator board

via this auction

"According to the moog achieves, this pcb (serial #1033) came from a minimoog originally sold to walter sears, on feb 24, 1971. the next mini serial #1034 was sold to Herb Deutsch! (his first mini?)"



7 comments:

  1. The serial numbers on the ealry minimoog boards DO NOT MATCH the instrument serial numbers.
    My mini is #1032, but its VCO board is #1030.
    That would make the board up for auction from mini #1035.

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  3. Its hard to imagine the NONE of the oscillator boards match their respective chassis. That said, I do believe you when you say that yours is mismatched.
    I'm sure a lot of mixing and matching went on in the early days, but I don't think it's Impossible, by any stretch of the imagination, that this PCB actually came from a minimoog with the same serial number.

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  4. The mismatched numbers have been confirmed by other RA mini owners, and Kevin Lightner.
    It is normal.

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  5. I agree its normal.

    Not that it matters, because there's no way to prove what S/N it came from.

    On top of that it probably wouldnt change much anyway.

    It's an old r.a. moog minimoog oscillator board, period.

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  6. It might make a big difference.
    The board has an obvious value to a synth collector.
    I'd guess it would have more value to an RA mini owner looking to restore an 'upgraded' mini to original spec, who might be more inclined to go for it knowing the mismatch in serial number was normal.
    And if I were the owner of the actual synth this board came from, I'd be all over it.

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  7. Thats true.

    Though It is pretty cool to think that 40 years ago this board sat pretty much right next to yours at the factory.

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