“This unit never left the studio. 2 issues: 1) the right end cap mounting screws were broken in shipping when I originally bought the synth from Dave Way. The end cap itself is NOT broken on the outside…just the plastic mounting screws internally broke. 2) This unit has several sticky keys and contacts that are not working. It will require a new contact strip and the sticky keys that will not depress be fixed. Apparently this is an issue with JD-800s. The “brain” works perfectly… the keyboard & contacts need service. ” Click here to visit listing on eBay
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Roland JD-800
“Roland JD 800 in excellent condition- this is a beast of a synth and sounds analog even though it’s digital. I’ve had it for over 5 years and it works flawlessly. I got the red glue issue fixed. Basically when these synths get very warm in summer for example the glue can leak and stick the keys so they don’t work. I’ve fixed this issue so you should have no further problems.” 
“This synth is in excellent condition. The keys feel great and are responsive to velocity and aftertouch. All sliders are smooth. LCD screen is fully functional. MIDI works well. All jacks work and sound great. The top menu button needs to be pressed harder to make it register, but otherwise all buttons work perfectly. There’s no issues with red glue under the keys. I was having trouble with the retractable cover on the sound cards. I’ve taped them back and haven’t had issues since. There are a some light scratches, but nothing unexpected for a synth this age. I included a photo of where it’s most affect on the back corner. It was recently serviced and cleaned. ” 
“Roland JD-800 Synthesizer. Condition is “Used”.” 
“Excellent condition and sounds great. Battery was recently replaced. Comes with heavy duty soft case” 
“Roland JD-800 Synthesizer JD800 Vintage Synth for sale Very It has just a few minor scratches that can seen mainly on the right end cap.There are no issues with any of the buttons and sliders. I’ll give the key bed a 9 out of 10. It has been stored in my non-smoking, air conditioned recording studio.” 
” Very good condition Roland JD 800 with hard case. I don’t know much about the unit, everything seems to function as it should, the sounds are great.” 
“Bought new in 2007, retired from minor studio work quite a few years ago due to a sticky B flat note, midway on keyboard.
“The marked keys need repair as they are dead and one plays loud and a couple others are intermittent.
“This synthesizer will never have the red glue issue. It has just a few minor scratches that can seen mainly on the right end cap.There are no issues with any of the buttons and sliders. I’ll give the key bed a 7 out of 10. All of the keys work but a couple of them give me a slight click sound when released quickly. I’ve had this synth for years and I have decided to sell it because I now have the module version of the JD800, the JD-990. It has been stored in my non-smoking, air conditioned basement.This keyboard comes with a soft case.” 
“this is used roland jd 800 keyboard I got this keyboard from a studio .I got this kyboard without keybed .the previous owner use this keyboard as midi .I just put the Yamaha keybed just for cosmetic.so basically you need original keybed from roland to work it as a keyboard .but you can use it as midi.” 
“Selling a Roland JD-800 in pretty nice shape! This synth works as a module, but the keybed does not work anymore. The failure-prone flexible ribbon connector is shot. However, I did spend three whole days removing the infamous red goo and re-gluing the key weights so the next owner doesn’t have to burn their hands with lye solution like I did. 😉
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