” Here it is. I never thought that this day would come. This is the ultimate SP1200. This is the 2nd of 2 that I have owned through the years and this one was the best.
It is being listed as for parts/not working because of the vintage nature of the instrument in that they do have their quirks and will need tech-ing in the future and I do highly recommend a full service by someone like FORAT. That being said on check everything works as it should on last power up. I have a handful of floppies around 20 to throw in as well (people like the Lotherak SD card thing, but I’m telling you floppies is where its at, nothing like sharpeing the label when you finish the beat).
I’ve replaced all of the buttons with black buttons, and replaced the pads with NOS pads, and all of the slider were replaced with new ones. The LEDs were replaced with white ones. The floppy drive works great and I will include 20 floppies to get you going. The other SP I had was a little noisy on the power supply, but this one is super quiet. The screen is bright, and the filter chips have also been replaced with NOS new old stock ssm2044 chips which cost me I think it was around $100 per chip. Includes a replacement set of NOS pads ($200 worth). The Jazzcat sample input monitor mod ($100) is installed and can be unplugged to disable. This allows you to monitor while sampling without reading a mixer. This one has smooth sliders and fat fader caps.
This machine was taken care of and you won’t find another package like this for sale. I’ve seen many go through websites, and there’s a lot of questionable issues that come up. They almost always need some sort of repair. For example the first one I got needed all of the buttons replaced, but the seller said it was in perfect condition. Luckily, I’ve been repairing vintage synths for years and could take care of the issues that came up. I always use Cardas quad eutectic silver solder on all of my vintage gear repairs and mods.”
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