The $500 SH-101 // Tips for Deals that are Too Good to be True 

Glad to hear that! I don't remember when I got to find that, I think trading guitar pedals on reddit maybe!

Really really means a lot to read that. That's exactly my goal, share as much information as I can, I want as many people as possible to find and appreciate these instruments. Cheers!

Happy to hear others are responding to that! It really is a good trick

Cheers, really appreciate that. If only we know how insane the markets would become, lol

@@JorbLovesGear Adjusted for inflation your SH-101 from eBay was less expensive than theirs from 1985.

@@XanderEwald maybe luckier than I thought 😅😂

I'll have to check it out, what a deal

Ahh cheers to Nick. I sure am enjoying my 101! Appreciate you going through the backlog, nice to know people are willing to.

That is a super classic fix, just the battery. I've had more than a few strong deal because of that

Welcome, and thank you! Both the poly 61's I've had came from eBay, and I see stuff like poly 800 all the time. Good luck!

Ah cheers Mark, hope you're enjoying it!

Cheers, appreciate that. Always more to come!

GREAT deal. Im jealous!

Cheers, thank you!

I've flipped a few rhodes, actually, and kept this one since, according to the market, it's the least desirable. But, I've enjoyed it so much, and the sounds are certainly there. Lots of maintenance though!

It's so funny you mention that, my unit has an ssn carved into it too. I'm still not sure what to do about it, maybe just fill in the numbers. Almost want to leave the name there, feels like history

@@JorbLovesGear I'd leave them there. For the sake of synthstory.

Cheers thank you! Always working on more.

🙏🙏Thank you! I am quite lucky

Appreciate all that, cheers. I wanted to talk about this, but not in a LOOK WHAT I GOT bragging way, just that it came with a lot of things worth discussing. Glad to know that may have worked!

Ahh no kidding? Happy to come across another gear hustler lol. Appreciated, cheers, I'm happy to have it around. Didnt think i would fall for it quite so much as I did, but man does it do it's thing really well.

Cheers, thank you! And good feedback, I'm trying to find the best way to both keep my recording simple, and get good clean audio. Might have to give in and let the audio be complicated!

Dang, now thats a deal. Still have it?

@@JorbLovesGear yeah. since i know it's a hot item, i had to drop everything for the meet-up outside the city. along with the yamaha cs-01, these two are my fave vintage synths in my rather small synth collection.

Cheers, I really appreciate that. Thanks for watching!

Great point, I could never hope to tell 2 teles apart from 10 feet away. I've got the idea written down to do "The Synthesist's Guide to Craigslist" and talk about how important knowing your market is, and how killer proximity can be.

The only downside to it all is that I thought I was getting a synth-playing hobby and instead I got a synth-repairing hobby.

Yeah, I normally make an offer on anything, no matter what. Just to ask, you know, why not?

@@JorbLovesGear right, doesn’t hurt to ask lol

Great story, love to hear that happens to others. Great price, GREAT price.

Yes, very true. And I've been curious with the alpha Junos, the programming would annoy me, but the sounds are there!

@@JorbLovesGear I'm trying to build my own midi controller for it that'll replicate the 106 controls but allow switching for more parameters. Right now I've just been controlling it through a program on my PC, but it's not too fun that way. Really good synth otherwise!

Alpha Junos sound great, IMO!

Still a great keyboard to have, so simple, sounds so good.

Thays still a great deal, hell yeah. Yeah, of all the behringer clones the ms1 is one of the few that does really interest me. Maybe because it's the complete package, keyboard seq and all? Or maybe because the 101 is so simple. & straight forward

@@JorbLovesGear finally arrived Thursday and the synth is in mint condition super functional! Also the warranty is legit and I have 4 months of it. Amazing sounding synth and great for beginners like me! 😃

WOW thats a major deal. Someone just cleaning out their basement?

@@JorbLovesGear the listing said they got them in a storage unit auction. Clearly the seller didn’t know how much they were worth. They were missing power cables but he insisted they were functional.

@@crazyhorse52395 what a gold mine. They must've wanted a lawn mower or something in the storage locker, can't imagine ending up with those and not doing the research on their own prices. Lol

@@JorbLovesGear honestly. I guess folks just assume since they are old that they have no value. At this point I’m just waiting to see if they hit the local market again, they may be at good prices since the buyer will already be making a ton off of them. Pretty much any of them is worth $500 on their own.

Thank you! I'm very pleased with both, to be honest.

The best thing about such a simple synth, move every fader down to the bottom, just pull up sustain, cutoff, and one of the waveforms and you're back at a simple patch, ready to explore. Enjoy it!

Thanks! I wanted a good way to bring it up without just, bragging about it

Thank you! I really plan to.

PS: I like that Video format. More used Synth Deals unboxing and first patches would be great!

I'll have to start doing this! Plan on a pretty serious changing of the guard soon, a few more videos to make use of some stuff, but once thats through, ill be moving a lot of things. And then hopefully some more used stuff to demo.

Cheers! Hope to have more clips of it being played up soon.

Ooo wish I could get a good rest wl in an ax80. Just wish had kept em? Lol

@@JorbLovesGear Yeah the AX-80 is probably my biggest regret selling. While you have proven the AX-60 is capable of being haunted, the 80 is more of an angry beast! 😂 Oh, and I did finally re-aquire a DW-8000 last year, for a steal! Basically came with a free Roland JV-80, though they both need some cleaning up.

Thanks so much! I was spit balling ideas and when I thought of this I knew it was the winner

This one, I must've missed one of my regular steps, lots of comments on this one. Cheers!

NOW THAT'S a killer deal. That's a line I don't have experience with, but would love to try out.

it's like a baby SH101.

🙏🙏🙏

I spend a LOT of time looking, which doesn't hurt. But setting up alerts if you're after something specific, and searching for easily general stuff just "synth" and sort by newest on Reverb, or auction only & ending soonest on eBay. Lots of luck!

@@JorbLovesGear great suggestions. Can't wait to see what videos you've got instore for us next!

It was a different time! You definitely did alright.

🤣😂The synth market these days

Syntaur is a good place for real specific parts. Sh101 should be pretty well documented online

I would buy it off of you

It'll get a patch notes video soon!

They're certainly overpriced, taking a step back and thinking about it relative to modern features, no midi, sequencer tempo is stuck tied to the lfo, super simple synthesis, it's insane that they're so expensive. I don't think vintage means *no* premium, but being classic shouldn't be all it takes to hit $2000 in today's market.

@@JorbLovesGear absolutely. The weird thing is I’ve owned most of the mainly sought after vintage synths (101,Juno, 303, prodigy, Jupiter, prophet, etc etc) even the modern vintage stuff like the Nord leads, virus, supernova etc in the early 2000s all of these synths were actually totally affordable but most of my synths have been sold off when the value far surpasses the quality of the synth, in the mid to late 2000s vintage synth prices skyrocketed overnight it’s like the rest of the world realized that synthesizers exist and then the rich collectors got involved and now most of the instruments won’t end up in the hands of musicians. Which is a terrible shame for everyone who wants to make music with these. anyone willing to pay $1500+ for an sh101 because they think it has some kind of voodoo magic can keep it because as nice as they do sound they’re not that special that kind of money would be much better spent on something like eurorack modular if you really want the best sound and most features IMO

@@JorbLovesGear You definitely scored a nice deal there, and I agree, $500 should be the price this synth is going for, including the full bells and whistles your's came with. With all the new analog synths out there, $500 and under, there shouldn't even be a market for some of these inflated prices unless you're solely a collector or a museum, LOL! I know synths don't all sound alike but the new Minibrute 2 or even a Korg Monologue can do so much and are excellent choices to get into synthesis. It used to be buying a used piece of gear was a way to save money. Those days are long gone! I'm super curious what will happen to the prices of Prophet 5's, now that they're being remade. When the Moog One came out, old Memorymoogs went up in price. It seems people prefered the sound of the original MM to the new MO. The new Prophet Rev 4 on the other hand, sounds fantastic. I've seen several comparisons (Alex Ball just did a great blind RU-vid test) and the new Rev 4 is every bit a Prophet 5 as any Rev 2 or Rev 3. With modern gear like a Rev 4 selling brand new at half the price of some used Rev 3 machines, will those prices start to fall? Who knows if they will, but they absolutely should.

😂🤣😂Best of luck to em

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With the positive lead on the tip of the 3.5mm and negative on the sleeve, it went from 0 at neutral to 23ohms fully pulled down. Good luck!

@@JorbLovesGear Thank you, this is a relly good message. I have the same reading at my pot.

@@JorbLovesGear Hello there, does the pitch bend knob return to 0 position like springing back? I have installed such a spring there in my replica. When 0 ohms is there the pitch bend parameter is not activated, right?

@@Teledyski_XDVISIONS up, exactly

Good tip! I've used that on reddit swaps a few times.