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Some history via the seller:"1974 Moog Minimoog Model D synthesizer Ser. # 6327 (Nov. '74)
Restored and upgraded with new power supply caps and diodes, new capacitors, Oscillator board upgrades/mods with temperature stabilization and new trimpots for improved tuning stability. (same classic warm sound, but you can actually use this on stage without having to re-tune between songs, which is a nightmare with stock old minimoogs).
This is a very special, exceptionally great sounding Minimoog that I'm hesitant about selling, but after two decades with it, I think it's time to part ways with it.
I bought this back in 1995 from a vintage analog synth dealer in California...I believe his company was called 'Analogue Modular' and I found out about it from a Keyboard magazine classified ad.
It was in pretty rough shape, several years later (around the year 2000) I had the Mini completely restored by Kurt Stewart in Arizona, and he rebuilt the cabinet, upgraded power supply, added stability mods to oscillator board as well as the pitch wheel stability improvement mod, replaced old worn caps, refinished cabinet in dark walnut, and replaced all key bushings. It was like having a brand new Minimoog. Since then, I've only taken the Mini out of it's case a few times to record on studio albums. It sounds amazing and it sounds better than any other vintage Minimoog I've come across and owned (I previously owned another Mini with an even older serial number, but it sounded thin compared to this one). Kurt Stewart, the tech, said this was one of the best sounding Minimoogs he'd ever come across. The original seller told me the exact same thing years prior."
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