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Original Message 1/5 25-Nov-99 @ 03:34 AM - retirement day

technician

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Hello everyone. Glad to see the chatroom somewhat gone back to normal.
But I was thinking the other day of what I would do when I finally decide to stop making techno? I know it wont be for probably about 20 years? Maybe 30-40? But if all the following cost this now, what will they cost 30 years from now?
sh-101 $400
MC-202 $400
TB-303 $1000
TR-606 $200
TR-808 $800
TR-909 $1000

That's todays pricing, roughly. That's not what I paid, but what they usually go for. And were talking 15 years max old. So picture 20 years from now? Fuck a 303 will be like buying a bmw. So anyone who thinks buying a old analog box is a waste of money, think of it as collecting antiques that you can use on a daily baisis. And sell for probably 3 times what you got it for today.
Anyway, just needed to let that out. Post replies to see how everyone else feels about the future.......
analog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-technician

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Message 2/5 25-Nov-99 @ 04:28 AM - RE: retirement day

Maarten

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Funny, that's the exact thing I told my girl when buying my TB for $900,it's an investment.She bought it(not the TB ,but my explination) , and actually I don't think I'll ever sell.What if you get regrets,you'll have to look harder for one than you have to today.
carry on...
-M-

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Message 3/5 25-Nov-99 @ 06:33 AM - RE: retirement day

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I have no intelligent thoughts on the subject at this time.

James

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Message 4/5 28-Nov-99 @ 12:45 PM - RE: retirement day

tb303

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Fucking right! But also some of the gear thats being made now too will be worth a lot.

Sidstation
FR777
JoMoX
303 clones
Novation stuff
Technomage Life
Korg Electribes

I love the old analog gear but I also think some of the new gear is pretty good, I'm not going to be ignorant and have a blinkered vision, thats what the first lot of people did with all the old gear selling it to buy D50s!
I think to have a nice pallete of tone colours you need Analog, FM, Sampling, Virtual Analog, Toys and anything else that you like the sound of. And if you sell a piece of eqiupment for anything other than financial reasons then you probably should not have bought it in the first place - a mistake I learned the hard way. Choose your droids carefully, then you will have a formidable audio pallete.

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Message 5/5 29-Nov-99 @ 05:09 PM - RE: retirement day

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Very true tb303! This is a good thread. I often wonder if any of these machines will have the same luster as they do now. I wonder what music will even be like in 30-40 years. But i do know i will still have all my toys=0) If we're not all blown up by then.
-Larry

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