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Crumar Stratus with Patch Sheet Overlay

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"A stunning, and rare, Italian-made Crumar Stratus analogue synth from the early 1980s in full working order.

We are not keyboard players, but we have managed to rope in a friend, who does play in a band, to test it. He managed to get some pretty awesome sounds out of it and he immediately knew how to set it up for various voices (it’s nice to see a professional at work).

When we first saw this, we thought it must be a modern reproduction due to the excellent dust-free condition, until we looked closer and realised it was original and in pristine condition. From the condition, it is perfectly obvious that this has not been gigged and was presumably somebody’s personal toy until it was put away into storage.

We are aware that it has been kept in a loft for many, many, years in its original carry case, and as a result it is virtually dust-free, and the keys are bright white, and the knobs clean. All of the buttons and sliders are present. All of the potentiometers are scratch free (we didn’t have to squirt switch lubricant into any of them - they were all working like new!).

It also comes with three original overlays for the top control board to indicate six different settings for different voices and we guess that you will never see these on another one of these machines."

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1971 MUSONICS MINIMOOG MODEL D SN 1204

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"Soundgas are pleased to offer for sale this stunning early Minimoog Model D in excellent cosmetic condition and perfect working order.

It's in a finely-crafted Claro Walnut case, (the original case was beyond repair) and has been extensively overhauled by a respected synth tech in the USA. It's just been checked over and tuned/calibrated by James Walker at Synth Repair Services.

It was completed in August 1971 by 'Kip' at the R.A. Moog Inc. plant at Trumansburg, NY.
It's a 110v USA model.
All hardware looks to be original (aside from the case). The attack and decay controls were incorrectly-wired from the factory - the attack knob controls decay and decay knob controls attack: it has been left in this original state (a simple fix to put right, but we felt it to be part of the synth's history/identity - as did the US synth tech who worked on it previously).
Extensive work had been completed on this synth before we bought it to ensure reliability and practicality - this is an early Moog you can play: the tuning and tracking are very impressive for a Mini of this age with its original oscillator board.
All boards have had new metal film capacitors and new electrolytic capacitors.
The trimmers have been changed on the VCA, VCO and power supply boards improved fine tuning.
The filter board has rematched transistors and sounds stunning.
An octave buffer board has been added to the octave selector which, together with the additional wiring on the switches makes for greater stability.
Did we mention that the filter sounds gorgeous?

This Mini sounds and plays every bit as good as it looks: a practical classic and solid investment. The filter is slightly smoother and creamier than later Minis - this Moog has that classic rich larger than life sound."

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1972 MINIMOOG MODEL D Serviced/PWO - Musonics Mini

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OCTAVE CAT SRM Vintage Analogue Duophonic Synth

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"It's just been serviced and calibrated by James Walker at Synth Repair Services, including a full overhaul of the keyboard bushings, new jack sockets, recapped power supply and new slider caps. This synth is in excellent cosmetic condition for its age and sounds great. Inevitably for an instrument that's 30-plus years old, there's a few scuffs and scratches (see many detailed photos below), but overall it's in excellent condition. It runs at 240v.

These classic US synths are vastly underrated and represent excellent value for money compared to their more famous rivals, the Minimoog and Arp Oddyssey. They are hard to find, and highly-rated by synth cognoscenti. The flexible nature of this synth means it really punches above its weight: particularly notable features are the cross modulation options and mixable waveforms. It dates from the mid to late 70s and sounds like a classic 70s American monosynth should: powerful and tonally brilliant. Sound design-wise it's almost limitless with an abundance of bass, leads, and sound effects on tap - it's easy (and very rewarding) to lose yourself for hours programming this beast..."

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Moog Source SN 3918

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Moog The Source Synthesizer with Midi retrofit and New Panel

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"Works flawlessly. Incredible vintage Moog sound with patch memory, arpeggiator, sequencer and midi control - It will respond to a few CC messages and aftertouch via midi as well as note on/off etc."