“Roland JD-800 Synthesizer w/case and cards. Condition is Used but all knobs and dials intact. Working perfectly. In great condition. Case is light hard case. Cards are Strings / Brass / Rock Drums / Accordion. AMAZING BRASS AND STRINGS. DRUMS ARE HUGE. (I never needed the Accordion.)” Click here to search for synths on eBay
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“This Roland JD-800 looks to work; did some quick testing of the oscillators, filters, envelope generators, and VCA’s and didn’t see any problems. You can see the orange instrument lights and LCDs all light up appropriately. All knobs and sliders seem to work just fine, but many of the piano-keys currently stick together, a few don’t go down at all, and some don’t sound. This is due to the Roland factory piano key-glue softened while it was otherwise being safely stored; the glue just simply breaks down and the weights refasten themselves onto the bottom of the keybed or the keys next to them. The case has some cracks in it near the system keys (see photo) and a chunk has broken out. All the buttons around it appear to work fine.
“This Roland JD-800 looks to work; did some quick testing of the oscillators, filters, envelope generators, and VCA’s and didn’t se. You can see the orange instrument lights and LCDs all light up appropriately. All knobs and sliders seem to work just fine, but many of the piano-keys currently stick together, a few don’t go down at all, and some don’t sound. This is due to the Roland factory piano key-glue softened while it was otherwise being safely stored; the glue just simply breaks down and the weights refasten themselves onto the bottom of the keybed or the keys next to them. The case has some cracks in it near the system keys (see photo) and a chunk has broken out. All the buttons around it appear to work fine.
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“Here is the legendary vintage Roland JD-800 synth! Fully working and playable with no melted sticky red glue problem. Key glue is still in place, but no issues! Also included is a JD-6 Sound Card Grand Piano!
“JD800 in near mint condition.
“Roland JD-800 Synthesizer. Condition is For parts or not working. Shipped with FedEx Ground or FedEx Home Delivery.
“Up for sale is a Roland JD-800 Synthesizer. The classic Roland JD-800, from an era (the early ’90s) when the analog revival had already started, and Roland implemented a digital synthesizer with analog-style controls. The sound is classic late 80s/’early 90s Roland – crystalline, powerful, with quality effects. The patches feature some great evolving pads, powerful basses, moody electric pianos. quasi-analog brass, lush strings, and much more. The JD800 can be expanded via PCM and Data Cards.
“Priced to sell. The keyboard is in good to excellent conditions. No issues. I will include the manuals and a Roland sustain pedal for free.”
“Roland JD-800 Vintage Programmable Synthesizer – Vintage synth . Excellent Condition.
” Auction for Vintage ROLAND JD-800 SYNTHESIZER W/AC CORD — POWERS UP –DOES NOT PLAY? FOR PARTS/REPAIR ONLY —$69.95 S/H U.S.A. Insured # 17724″
“Roland JD-800 Synthesizer Works Fine Needs A Little TLC. Condition is Used. As you can see a few of the buttons have been removed for God knows what reason. So those are gone. The far right key is the only key with an issue and it’s a minor one no pun intended. The key probably needs a spring replaced. Also a few of the metal bars underneath the keys are missing.” 
“Roland JD800
“Here we have a Roland JD-800 Programmable Synthesizer in very good condition. I bought this new and have taken good care of it. Original owner, very low hours, probably less than 50. Works perfect essentially brand new. This JD 800 does not have the “Red Glue” problem I’ve been hearing about since I listed this one.”
“Roland JD 800 very nice condition 100% Original Condition. All keys working. All sliders working. Sounds great. Amazing to edit sounds on this synth. Manuals and power cable included”
“This is one of those RARE times a vintage classic synth is available in impeccable, mint condition. This is the definitive Roland JD-800 with probably the thickest warmest sounding pads I’ve heard on ANY synth. For those of you who are familiar with this gem, you know how this beast-of-a-synth sounds. A single sound in the JD-800 consists of up to 4 tones, and each tone consists of an almost completely independent synthesizer voice. A patch can have layers of up to 4 different synthesizers. Combined, they create some of the fattest and richest sounds you’ll ever dream up! Everything is at your fingertips on this board. Shaping sounds is half the fun and the control you have is unprecedented. This board NEVER gigged on the road and only remained in my home, smoke-free studio for recording. And as of the past 2 years, it remained in the case untouched. I also replaced the original keybed by a Roland certified technician with a brand new Roland top-of-the-line keybed that has just amazing action!!—actually better than the original!”
“Up for your consideration is a Roland JD800. This is an amazing synth, but if you are looking at this you probably already know that. The weights were removed from each key and the red glue cleaned off and replaced with a better adhesive. The unit has been fully tested and works great. As you can see from the pictures it is in great cosmetic condition as well. In full disclosure there is a small nick in the second “E” key from the bottom. Hard to see in the pics but we never want there to be surprises for our customers. Clean screen, no jumpy sliders/pots, memory reset to factory. The auction also includes the flight case in the pictures. The top foam insert has been replaced: the bottom foam may need to be replaced soon. It still functions fine, but if you are familiar with these cases, you know the foam breaks down over time.” 
“I have seen JD-800’s sell in the $800-$1,200 range and then they jump up to $2,400 and more….why is that ? I found out the hard way, these suffer from a condition where the pink glue from the weights in the keys drips out onto the key contact strip…so I had it refurbished with all key weights re-glued back in and had a brand new key contact strip installed professionally for $500 for the keys and $200 for the new strip so it is refurbished and ready to go…so you don’t have to worry about this happening again in the future…I also put in a new battery and reloaded the factory presets” 
“** STORAGE UNIT FIND ** ROLAND JD-800 Vintage Synthesizer Keyboard. Condition is Used. This item was powered on and appears to function properly. I have no way to verify complete functionality of this unit because I don’t know Anything about music instruments. I do not have the wires or cords or speakers or anything for me to verify functionality. Appears to be in good condition, AND UNTESTED!!!! ITEM WILL BE SOLD AS IS…… NO REFUNDS NO EXCHANGES NO RETURNS ACCEPTED FOR ANY REASON. Do not bid if you don’t accept my terms of my sale. This item was found in a storage unit. YOU CANNOT RETURN THIS ITEM. The 1st pic shows the Keyboard powered on.” 
“Up for your consideration is a Roland JD800. This is an amazing synth, but if you are looking at this you probably already know that. The weights were removed from each key and the red glue cleaned off and replaced with a better adhesive. The unit has been fully tested and works great. As you can see from the pictures it is in great cosmetic condition as well. In full disclosure there is a small nick in the second “E” key from the bottom. Hard to see in the pics but we never want there to be surprises for our customers. Clean screen, no jumpy sliders/pots, memory reset to factory. The auction also includes the flight case in the pictures. The top foam insert has been replaced: the bottom foam may need to be replaced soon. It still functions fine, but if you are familiar with these cases, you know the foam breaks down over time.”
“Up for grabs is my Roland JD800 Programmable Synthesizer.
“Up for grabs is my Roland JD800 Programmable Synthesizer.
“Vintage JD800 Roland Synthesizer in non working condition.
“Comes as seen, 
“Near Mint Roland JD-800 with a flawless keybed (replaced). The condition is about as good as you can find on a 27 year old synth. No dings, no scratches, a few minor nicks that are hard to photograph. Never gigged & kept in a home studio. Ships with the power cord & well packed! (Local Pickup is also offered).”
“Roland JD-800 in excellent condition. Bright screen, includes manuals. Smoke free use. The only issue is a missing cap on the coarse pitch knob; you can see it in the 5th photo. The potentiometer works, just missing the cap.” 
“This jd 800 has a few problems but works otherwise. So the problems are… The keyboard has been disabled. The left most side panel needs some help to support the buttons but they work…as seen in picture. There are missing screws from bottom to the boards. It is sold as is.” 
“Excellant condition Roland JD-800 with a new keybed from Roland, no red glue! The key test shows 127 for all 61 keys, perfect. It has scuffs on the left end cap but that’s it. No marks or scratches on the facia, rear, or right end cap of the synth (there is some minor wear on the front lower end of the right end cap). I take extremely good care of my synths & it’s functionally perfect. Comes with power cord & it will be well packed!” 
“THIS KEYBOARD IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION- GENERAL WEAR IS TO BE EXPECTED”
“Up for sale this rare and vintage Synthesizer! This synth has been tested. The right end cap/bender panel broke and it was glued back, this do not affect the functionality of the synth or anything else,it was something cosmetic.Everything is working in order, new keyboard contact strip(green) no red glue under the keys there are clean overall.
“Used Roland JD-800 in very good condition. Everything works, no issues with keys (including aftertouch), minor wear around bend joystick and hairline crack in plastic on the right side panel – inherited from previous owner.
“Keyboard has 19 keys not producing any sound when I tested with headphones. They are marked with tape in the pics
“This Roland JD-800 is in great cosmetic condition and is fully functional. All knobs, buttons, sliders, keys, etc. work as they should. It was professionally serviced several months ago, which included the removal of the infamous red glue. Servicing details are as follows:
“Look ma, no keys!
“This is a great keyboard. Modern classic. A lot sounds on this came from Eric Persing, known for his sample CD collections & programming work.