SOLD - Korg Wavestation synthesiser - just undergone full restoration £500

[disgrace of bass]

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This example has just completed a full electronic and functional restoration, so is now functioning as well as a new one! Details of the restoration work below. Cosmetically it is very clean with just a few marks to the chassis and end cheeks.

Why the Wavestation? It was significantly different to anything else of its time, designed and built by the ex-Sequential Circuits engineers who designed the Prophet-VS. The whole principle of digital wavetable synthesis and wave sequencing opens up sonic possibilities not available to analog, FM or conventional ROMpler synths.

You won't find any piano sounds here. This is a pad instrument, great for evolving soundscapes and complex layered sound design. You can read a great deal more about the Wavestation at the following links:

[url="http://www.musicradar.com/news/tech/blast-from-the-past-korg-wavestation-604114"]http://www.musicrada...estation-604114[/url]
[url="http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/wavestation.php"]http://www.vintagesy...wavestation.php[/url]

I came into ownership of this instrument a while back and its been 'on the back burner' as a project for me. As a bass player I just dabble in synthesisers as I'm fascinated with electronic sound design. I then decided it wasn't for me to play with and it needed a new home, but in all conscience I couldn't sell it as is! It need a full electronic and mechanical restore by an expert - step in Andrew Jury - AKA Synth Prof! (www.synthprof.com). An ex-Marconi engineer, Andrew is one of the country's top experts in vintage synthesiser restoration and the following work has been completed by him to make this awesome synthesiser as good as new!

Andrews report on the restoration:

[i]Strip down unit to component parts. Clean and de-fluff chassis works and screening cans. Replace all electrolytic capacitors on both CPU and analogue processing board. [/i]
[i]Chemically treat jacks and potentiometers. Re-grease both wheel and joystick action centres.[/i]
[i]Replace EL backlight and tactile switches on control panel PCB. Re-solder connections to rotary encoder.[/i]
[i]Replace CR2032 NVRAM backup battery. [/i]
[i]Strip keyboard. Clean keyboard, keys and contact strip. [/i]
[i]Reassemble and test. EL backlight not working. 10Vac only at inverter transformer terminal when under load. Replace transform to return full 120Vac.[/i]
[i]Perform RAM init and reload factory data from SYSEX. Functional test.[/i]

So this really is one of the best examples of this synth out there at the moment. They do appear on eBay from time to time, but buyer beware!

Welcome to visit and test at any time - just PM me.
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Edited November 26, 2016 by disgrace of bass

[disgrace of bass]

ON HOLD PENDING SALE