IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BLACK & BLUE MPC 1000

IM LOOKING TO BUY ONE OFF EBAY---WOULD IT BE BETTER TO BUY THE NEWER MODEL? DOES THE NEWER MODEL HAVE BETTER UPGRADES COMPARED TO OLDER BLUE MODEL?

hit or miss really innit,i suppose buying a newer one might mean less chance of gubbed pads,but thats not certain if its been heavily abused...basically check the pictures and make sure its not been beaten about...watch out for **bargains** cause there isnt such a thing

bham200000 wrote:IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BLACK & BLUE MPC 1000

Yup.

One's Black, the other is Blue.

Nothing else different.

thanks for finally clearing this up! i've been wondering this question for ages

You're very welcome

they may have used more hot glue when building the pads
but that's not worth spending a nickel more on

buy it real cheap with surface level flaws (bad pads, bad buttons, bad sliders, bad encoders) and repair for cheap

do NOT buy if the screen is bad (more expensive replacement part) or if the machine shorts/doesn't start up properly/restarts in use, etc. these are deeper issues which are more rare but also which i have no experience fixing.

the surface level flaws really couldn't be easier, a seven year old with an erector set has the technical capability of fixing them

maybe the guy wants a drum machine and not **my first electronics kit**

well then i'm sure he can afford a high priced pacifier

I was told the Black one was released after the Blue one so the Black ones had less problems....

klaze wrote:I was told the Black one was released after the Blue one so the Black ones had less problems....

Black was released after blue, for the simple reason of bringing the 1K in line with the 2.5K in the cosmetics dept.

No other differences and no fewer problems.