“These legendary synths don’t need any introduction. If you came here, you know what they are. I have two (!) original Roland TB-303s just standing here collecting dust. They deserve to be used more than I’ve got time for.
The price I’ve put down is roughly what the have cost me, incl. some servicing and upgrades with complete 5 socket Kenton kits for both (CV, filter, gate, accent, slide). I have paid for getting all the services and the installation of the Kenton kits done professionally, but one of the synths was bought from Japan and a couple of lanes on one circuit board was cut to use the original CV/Gate outs as ins. I have got this corrected so that they have the original functionality back, but full control via the Kenton kit in addition. The other one is by me bought here in Norway, but I don’t know if it was bought here originally.
A Kenton Pro-2000 mk2 can follow the sale (midi-CV/gate converter which can also control accent, slide, filter). All leads to connect both synths to the controller will be included.
Sound wise the two synths are quite different. The one has a very nice sound, the other has way too long sustain and I have not been able to get this fixed. At the moment you can not make the classic 303 baselines with it. Hopefully someone with experience tinkering with 303s can get it fixed. All pots work, but they are a bit more loose and scratchy on the one of them. With midi control this is no problem, and I’m sure this can be fixed too. All the electrolytes have been replaced during my ownership, but it is a few years ago now. There should not be any dried out capacitors today, but things change with time of course. I have PSUs for both of them (euro plug), plus the original soft bags, one black and one silver.
This is an unique opportunity to own not just one, but two pieces of music history, even though they are not in mint condition after so many years. During my ownership I have maybe used them 10 hours in total during 10 years. I just need to realise I don’t have the time to use my studio more and they are better off with someone else. When you start playing with these and tweaking the knobs you get lost in time, the hours just fly by, but I don’t have that time. They are fantastic machines.”
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