dag namit... I'm gonna be kicking myself about this one for a while. I was just looking at this Roland JX-3P, it's at a music store in KC, I was about to ask hotrod to take a look at it for me... oops, too slow. someone offered them $150 and they took it! ! damnit! I was gonna offer $200!
(it seems the forum doesn't like the parenthesis in the URL. you have to cut and paste into your address bar or just go to the listing)
Couple weeks ago, I almost dropped the hammer on one of these for $350 including the PG-200.
Choked and now it's gone, so I feel ya.
That Olo Garb vid just twists the blade in the wound. So much potential!
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:02 pm
by Mages
yeah it is like the juno's unloved sibling. $350 with the pg200 would be sweet since the pg200 often goes for that much alone.
that guy makes some great videos. I especially like 3:45, 4:50 and the part at 6:something where he plays the thing into the sequencer and then plays along to it. the fact that this has a sequencer makes it an even more ridiculous deal. how many other $150 - $250 synths (analog, early digital or hybrid) are there that sound this cool and have a sequencer?
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:04 pm
by gaybear
i've got it with the pg200 at home.
borrowed from a friend, but long term
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:33 pm
by Mages
nice dude. how bout I "borrow" it from you, on a semi-permanent basis, for $200?
I'll ask the owner if he's interested in selling if you're interested. He doesn't use it much, hence the long-term loan, but it has sentimental value i think.
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:12 pm
by hotrodperlmutter
damn, i totally would've demo'd it for you.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:19 am
by Mages
ok, the exact same big spender outbid me on this korg dw-6000.
dude just goes around and buys all the stuff. great.
Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:24 am
by Mages
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 1424
Items bid on: 375
fuck's sake, leave some for the rest of us.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:07 pm
by Mages
foiled again... there was a JX-8P at the rockville, md Guitar Center for $150. called them yesterday, guy put it on "hold" for me. my sister went in today to pick it up and... oh they sold it this morning.
really??? come on.
oh well, JX-8P sucks anyway, the JX-3P is better, people only like it because it has velocity and aftertouch. for all practical purposes my JV-880 can do the same sounds and more.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:14 pm
by Mages
that's right kids, I've found that what I've needed has been right here all along. I just got a little yamaha sequencer so I can do the cool stuff like in that video up top and I'm calling the search off.
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:16 pm
by gaybear
nice! have fun and post results!
Posted: Sat Dec 31, 2011 11:08 pm
by Mages
ok, will do! I started to record a little bit of a demo of the JV-880 but it's only very cursory as I haven't fully explored programming it yet. I really wonder if it bases some of it's waveforms on the JX-8P though because it sounds curiously similar. or maybe that's just the "roland sound" for ya.
I did record a short demo of the yamaha FB-01 I sold to puplehaze19x:
! damnit! I was gonna offer $200! 
