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"'What is this thing?' you may be asking. I'm glad you asked!
Tl;dr version: it's a perfectly-functional Nord Lead 2x that has, well, seen some shit.
Longer version: Somebody (not me) once decided to "refinish" their Nord Lead 2x. They did a fairly tragic job of it (see last photo for what it looked like when I got it). I bought the synth from them, stripped the "new" paint job, hammered out some dents, designed, printed, and applied new panel labels, sprayed on some clear-coat protectant, reinforced the mod wheel, replaced the broken button, bought and installed a new set of OEM Clavia knobs, and the result is what you see here.
This synthesizer works perfectly and sounds as Nordy as you would expect. It also has some cool patches installed from the "Ambika" aftermarket sound set that I purchased. Visually, you can see from the photos that its aesthetic is now best described as, hmm, "rough-and-ready"? It has a, uh, unique visual flavor. But hey, maybe you like it. I do. I just don't have room for it and it's not getting much use.
I'm selling this as-is, given the difficult life this synthesizer has lived. I wouldn't necessarily consider it a road horse anymore, given that I can't vouch for what happened to it before I got it—IMO it has already survived a lot and deserves a nice quiet life in a studio—but ymmv.
I think this narrative explains why this is such a low price for a fully-functional Nord Lead 2x (check listings elsewhere on here for comparison) so please don't lowball me!"
