I want an SP 1200 but damn!!

Coz wrote:

InspectaMorze wrote:Whats the going price for a decent condition Sp Turbo with drive?

Pluck any figure out of the air and there's your answer. There's so few of them about in the UK that people can charge what they want.

Good point! I saw a guy on gumtree the other day with his sp1200 up for £3000 lol

InspectaMorze wrote:

Coz wrote:

InspectaMorze wrote:Whats the going price for a decent condition Sp Turbo with drive?

Pluck any figure out of the air and there's your answer. There's so few of them about in the UK that people can charge what they want.

Good point! I saw a guy on gumtree the other day with his sp1200 up for £3000 lol

Gumtree is always ridiculous mate.

InspectaMorze wrote:

Coz wrote:Clint's not daft...He has however got his SP-12 for sale at a massively inflated price! It must be the drive and sound library I gave him that's adding value.

Whats the going price for a decent condition Sp Turbo with drive?

I sold the SP12 Turbo with drive and disks on eBay for £875 ($1435). The 2nd set of disks was sold privately to a US Gearslutz member for £160 ($262). The value of anything is decided by the market when it sells. I will always seek to maximise my investments, particularly where demand far exceeds supply, as in this case.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/291053013901? ... 1587.l2649

The sooner you buy these machines, the better. Some people dont understand the concept of appreciating asset value. Just because a used product was £500-600 a few years ago, doesn't mean it should cost the same today. Analogue synth buyers are well aware of this, as are TR-808 and TR-909 owners/buyers. Those are easily going for around £2000 at the moment.

And of course some used products are valued higher in the UK than in the US, simply because there are less E-mu product here to begin with. It was an American company after all and their products were costly to import in the 80's-90's, compared to Japanese products by Akai for example. Today you still have to factor in shipping costs, import taxes, damage in transit, return policies, voltage issues etc when importing from the US. Experienced and savvy buyers would rather avoid all the potential pitfalls by buying a UK spec product and collecting it in person if at all possible.

And yes, adding value is something that not only makes the product offering more attractive, but also improves your bottom line significantly. In this case adding value was a successful sales strategy, and a 30 day BIN or best offer listing allowed buyers the time to raise the finance. Not many people can raise over £800 in 7 or 10 days, so why list premium products on eBay for that long?

So what is the going price for a decent SP?

Whatever you are willing and able to pay.

If anyone ever finds the SP1200 book – even just a PDF – pls let me know at [email protected] … thanks.

acronym wrote:
Gumtree is always ridiculous mate.

Ive always given good deals on gumtree.Its supposed to be a community friendly marketplace but people have got greedy.

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Some SP visuals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEgyPCJCdmc

Part of a vintage gear mini series.

Some SP photo's inside and out:

https://www.facebook.com/r4argear

Done some maintenance work on a couple of SP's and took some snaps.

I got a question, what is a fair price for a E-mu sp1200 these days?
• The first version
• The re-issue version

I was looking into http://synthprices.blogspot.com and they say with statistics from the last 20 sold on eBay: (Link)

I have the sp12,old greyboy 1200 and the black reissue.My first sp1200 I paid 800.00,sold it bought one a few years later for 1300.00
I wouldn't pay more then 1400.00/1500.00....Problem is Armen sets his sp's so high then everybody else on ebay sets them accordingly.Unfortunatley its about supply and demand,what your willing to pay for one.With Roland releasing some older gear Id would be great to see them reissue a sp1200 with some more updates.Good luck finding one.Maybe get a mpc60 or 3000.Also the ensoniq eps is a great sampler that can be bought fairly cheap.

habitat105 wrote:With Roland releasing some older gear...

I wish that were true but it is not.

They are releasing some extremely lame virtual analogue instruments. They should hang their head in shame for relating them to their past glorious analog machines. Now, if you'd have mentioned Korg, then yes, Korg really are releasing past analogue great machines... But Roland absolutely are not. Let's be clear on that. New Roland SUCK.

...and regarding the price of an SP1200:
If you live in America you can get one for a lot less than if you live outside of America. It's already been said in this thread.
Supply/demand.

teevee wrote:I got a question, what is a fair price for a E-mu sp1200 these days?
• The first version
• The re-issue version

I was looking into http://synthprices.blogspot.com and they say with statistics from the last 20 sold on eBay: (Link)

$1,500 MAX. Do your work and don't fall for that $2,000+ okie doke.

MaZe wrote:$1,500 MAX. Do your work and don't fall for that $2,000+ okie doke.

lol. Good luck finding an SP1200 outside of America for £900!
Clint just sold a quite ruff SP12 for £875.
okie doke.

jimmie wrote:

MaZe wrote:$1,500 MAX. Do your work and don't fall for that $2,000+ okie doke.

lol. Good luck finding an SP1200 outside of America for £900!
Clint just sold a quite ruff SP12 for £875.
okie doke.

I'm speaking about "in America". I have no clue what the market is outside of America but I am very familiar with the market "in America".

I think the fella asking is in Denmark.
Soz if I sounded a bit harsh Maze.