” You are looking at a Roland MKS80 Super Jupiter and the MPG80 programmer. I purchased this synth in 1987 and have owned it ever since.
At that time I had finished a touring music career and was beginning a career in film scoring and theater sound design. This synth has never been gigged live. It has been used in a number of my small home studios over the years only. I used the synth for my work for about nine years until about 1996 when I completely stopped making music and started a small business. The synth sat unused in a box until about 2012 when I began to dabble in music again. It basically sat unused for 16 years.
I have just replaced the dust protectors for all of the sliders in the MPG-80 and completely cleaned the sliders internally as well as the PC board. It is like new at this point. The new dust protectors are a bit stiff and will eventually wear in. You can feel the fibers of the material rubbing against the slider shafts, but the actual sliders are extremely smooth and function like new. They were completely tested before replacing the dust protectors. The manufacturer of the dust protectors assured me that the material will wear in with some use. It’s rare to find an MKS80 and MPG-80 combination with this kind of low mileage on it.
The current pandemic situation has left me no choice but to sell some of my equipment in order to pay the bills.
I will include all of the factory racking hardware for both the MKS80, and the MPG-80, the original user manual (both the MKS80 & MPG80), the C64-C memory cartridge, and the original programmer DIN cable that connects the MKS80 with the MPG-80.
I will ship the purchase in two separate boxes. I want to be sure that I can safely protect the sliders on the MPG80.” Click here to search for synths on eBay
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