MATRIXSYNTH: Arp Avatar Vintage Analog Guitar Synthesizer SN 2223-1360


Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Arp Avatar Vintage Analog Guitar Synthesizer SN 2223-1360

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"Certainly one of the nicest Avatars today. Serial number 2223-1360 which is the highest I know of and it was probably one of the last made. Looks crisp, a few scuffs here and there, but near mint and even the leatherette sides hardly have a mark on them. This one might actually have boards from a late model Odyssey in it, as they were restored at the same time, are identical and were possibly interchanged. About 5 years back, the boards were throughly bathed, all tantalum caps replaced, the sliders cleaned with isopropanol / lubricated with a silicone base and everything calibrated. It's really nice and not needed any work since. I've not tried a guitar pickup with it, but there's no functional issues with the synth section, and everything works quite well. The 'synth output' jack works independent of a guitar connection. Theres a 1/4" external input to the VCF and VCA, and CV/GATE/TRIG in outs that will re-trigger the AD portion of the envelope. No mods present. It comes with a few extras:

-The original factory printed service manual
-Hex pick up
-3 replacement sliders on of each value it takes
-Male and female connectors for the pickup cable. The 6 pin DIN is standard, available at mouser/digikey etc, but these are hard to find."


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