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Showing posts with label ZW. Show all posts

Friday, June 23, 2017

Rare ZW BASSMACHINE Vintage Synth

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via this auction

"Looking online ZW Electronics is a Swiss/Italian company with not much history behind it and the "Bassmachine" was the only synth to have been commercially available in small numbers.

The instrument has a two-octave keyboard, an octave switch, tune, envelope controls and second oscillator switch with Detune.
This comes with 10 preset sounds with no much control over any of them.

The filter design is a Moog-style transistor ladder type filter, clearly identifiable on the circuit board unclear whether official.

A fantastic synth worthy of a museum or any studio and the "BASSMACHINE" standout text alone draws its own attention.
Search #zwbassmachine on instagram and you will see this very one played back in 2015!

A word brandished pretty loosely is rare, but this is no exception you will be hard pushed to find anything on this extremely rare monosynth and all mentions online or of anything non-working! Schematics are non-existent and this one is the only one of approx 100 that were made."

Saturday, March 01, 2014

ZW BASSMACHINE rare Wasp style analog synth with Moog style filter

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via this auction

"ZW BASSMACHINE
Rare Swiss/Italian monophonic analog synth.

Good cosmetic condition example of the incredibly rare ZW-Electronics Bassmachine, which as far as I can find out is a Swiss-Italian design made in extremely small numbers.

I have heard this one working, but it's currently silent, and so sold as in need of repair. This may be as simple as a loose cable in the power supply, so possibly an easy fix.

Two oscillators can be tuned apart or transposed, and there are 10 preset buttons. The sounds are strong and analog, resembling a Wasp or Roland Bassline - while there are no controls for filter etc, the presets vary these settings for you. Internally you can see the distinctive transistor ladder of a Moog-style lowpass filter design.

Intended for collection in NW London and payment in cash. I will ship, cost will be around £20 with Parcelforce in the UK, more overseas, but I don't acceot payment methods which are subject to unexplained delays and fraudulent reversal. Other methods properly regulated by UK banking authorities are fine - bank transfer for example shows up in 15 minutes, is completely secure and creates a permanent record of your transaction. All my 100% positive feedback comes from transactions using either cash on collection or bank transfer, and no other method.

Listed as internally complete but non-working so absolutely no returns. Feel free to make contact with any questions while the listing is running.

Happy Synthesizing!

Mark Jenkins
Author, "Analog Synthesizers" (Focal Press)"

Tuesday, October 02, 2012

ZW Bassmachine

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via this auction

"This is a fine example of the incredibly rare Swiss/Italian design ZW Bassmachine, a true analog monophonic synth with two oscillators and ten preset sounds.

The instrument has a two-octave full sized keyboard, wood cabinet and end cheeks, octave switch, tune, envelope controls and second oscillator switch with Detune.

The sounds vary from similar to a Roland TB303 Bassline to more like an EDP Wasp or a Moog Rogue. The filter design is a Moog-style transistor ladder, clearly identifiable on the circuit board - probably not licensed :-)"

Pic of the inside below.

Friday, September 05, 2008

ZW BASSMACHINE by ZW ELECTRONICS

flickr set by Bapt_

follow-up to this post

Thursday, September 04, 2008

Inside a ZW BASSMACHINE


more images here.

via babt who is looking for info on where it was built, the date and if there are any schematics available. If you know any of this please feel free to comment and/or send me an email. My contact info is on the bottom right of the site.

Note this is the same one from this post.

Update via bapt in the comments: "more pics here It should come from Italy..."

Friday, August 15, 2008

ZW BASSMACHINE from ZW-ELECTRONICS


images via this auction

Anyone know more about these?

This one spotted and sent in by Florian
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