“Rare, early ARP 2500 modular synthesizer in very good cosmetic condition and working 100%. A friend of mine bought this one from Phil Cirocco of CMS/Discrete Synthesizers in late 2007 and it’s still working solid. As you can see, this is an earlier 2002 cabinet with a 3000 series four voice keyboard.
It includes the following modules-
1002 Power Control
1003 Dual Envelope Generator
1004T VCO
1005 Ring Mod / VCA
1006 Lowpass filter / VCA
1016 Noise / Random Voltage
1023 Dual VCO (rare prototype)
1027 3 x 10 Sequencer
1033 Dual EG with delay
1036 Dual S/H, Clock
1047 Multimode Filter” Link
“This extremely rare and primo system is the last of more than 100 modules and eight cabinets I personally purchased from the auction at the ARP factory when the company went out of business back in 1981. These modules were still wrapped in plastic with QA tags attached when I got them. (See recent photo of QA tags below.) They have seen very little use over the last 30 years (the QA tags are stamped with 1975 dates).
The cabinet resided in ARP’s Engineering Department, where it was used for prototyping new modules. The original serial number tag identifies it as being the 45th cabinet made in 1970 (70-045). Five of the modules and the cabinet sport ARP’s earliest logo (the “squishy lines”), while the rest have the “treble clef” logo.
Vintage? Oh yeah.
Needless to say, I cherry-picked a beautiful configuration to keep as my final remnant: four VCOs, two VCFs, two VCAs, four envelope generators, sample/hold, noise generators.” Link
“In very good condition. Matrix working and sliders are moving smooth, just like you would expect. All modules have their Matrix slidercaps, only the blank
panels don’t. This system requires 110V so the buyer has to use a voltage converter, if the system stays in Europe or if it goes to Australia. Rest of
the world is 110V, so no voltage converter needed. This system has serial#75-023. So this one was built in the year 1972. The modules in this
system are: Dual VCO 1023, Osc 1004-T, Dual Noise/Random Voltage Generator 1016, Dual Envelope 1033, Multimode Filter 1047, Dual Envelope 1033, FiltAmp1006,Dual Envelope 1003a, ModAmp 1005, Multimode Filter 1047, Power Control 1002. The system has been tested and everything is working, except for the Noise module. This module is working but once pushed in the socket at the back, the system goes into short-circuit. Once the module is removed from the socket, the system works
again. So the Noise module is slightly faulty.And 1 dual envelope does do the manual gates but the rest is not functional,so this one needs to be serviced. These systems are so rare these days thatsome people say that only about 30-35 complete systems are fully working,as far
as known. I’m only selling this in 1 piece, as it would be a shame to split the system to sell the modules separately. If you look at the collage I made with 4
pictures you can see how good the system looks, despite being 37 years old.A single module can go up to $1500 USD per module and more.Certainly the Multimode Filters and the VCO’s.There is no keyboard but it can be played with a keyboard with cv/gate.Or a midi keyboard with midi to cv/gate converter.
Shippingcosts will not be cheap,so expect something around $800 USD.
Ask questions before placing a bid.” Link
“Rare, early ARP 2500 modular synthesizer in very good cosmetic condition and working 100%. A friend of mine bought this one from Phil Cirocco of CMS/Discrete Synthesizers in late 2007 and it’s still working solid. As you can see, this is an earlier 2002 cabinet with a 3000 series four voice keyboard.