MPC 3500 for sale in LA

Found this on craigslist when I was down in LA
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ms ... 58242.html

Also I'll post a link to a guy with a 5000 that needs fixing for 700 in long beach
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/ms ... 61047.html

I wanted to pick up a yamaha es rack for cheap but didn't have the time to pick it up . I wanna get a yamaha or motif rack as my next piece of gear.

Dan L wrote:Found this on craigslist when I was down in LA
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/ms ... 58242.html

Also I'll post a link to a guy with a 5000 that needs fixing for 700 in long beach
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/ms ... 61047.html

I wanted to pick up a yamaha es rack for cheap but didn't have the time to pick it up . I wanna get a yamaha or motif rack as my next piece of gear.

that 3500 would be cool too have, but at the same time I cant stop to think if it was testers unit or soemthing....

as far as that 5000 for 7 bills I'd be on that If I wasnt dumping 1k into my bucket to get clutch replaced...I hate this shit deals come about when I gotta do something else with my money or dead broke

That yamaha es rack I wanted to pick up was listed for 375.00
I was very upset that I couldn't go and check it out. That's dirt cheap if it was a legit add.

The only other person in the world to have a MPC3500 MPC5000 is The Alchemest.

maybe it's the dude from here on the forums who did the videogame sampled beats.. shit was dope.

^ If it was him I would expect him to have posted it for sale here......I believe more then two 3500's where made honestly.

anybody want mine?

If you open up a 5000 you will most likely find that covered up in some kind of green marker on all the PCB boards is a 3500 stamp on them. My guess is it was originally plotted to be a 3500 then they made some kind of marketing decision to try capitalize off a larger value the the legendary 4000.

Sahbatik wrote:If you open up a 5000 you will most likely find that covered up in some kind of green marker on all the PCB boards is a 3500 stamp on them. My guess is it was originally plotted to be a 3500 then they made some kind of marketing decision to try capitalize off a larger value the the legendary 4000.

I doubt that production was that far along before they changed their mind.
The 3500's were probably an early short production run not an actual mass production run.

If this machine was meant to be better than the 4000, they would have made it more than 1 gig of ram

Burn the elastic wrote:If this machine was meant to be better than the 4000, they would have made it more than 1 gig of ram

it wasn't meant to be better in terms of specs (khz, ram etc.). it should have been an user interface improved, uptodate mpc with extras (synth, more fx, etc.). that's why it was called 3500 first. by naming it 5000 akai caused heavy damage to the fame of the fantastic "3500".

I wish they would have kept the 3500..... But then again we might have had just as much hate from 3000 owners. It's a nice piece of gear..... I love my 5000. I wish I had more time to use it

Burn the elastic wrote:If this machine was meant to be better than the 4000, they would have made it more than 1 gig of ram

With all the features it added they were more concerned with things that would really make a difference, more memory wouldn't do that.

the mpc3500 ad is expired... out of curiosity, how much was it selling for?

I think he had it listed for around 1,400.00
It was a while ago when I posted it.