Oddessy II NICE- Trash Find, help

[7 Hz]

Forget a music store, they will either break it or steal it from you. Find a proper analog keyboard tech in your area, and get it serviced / cleaned / restored. In good condition, they are worth a lot more than $1500. It probably just needs washed, the sliders lubed, and a check over to make sure the rest is ok. Get the right output connection for the 'high' output.

[Reptil]

^^^^ good advice

check these threads:
Arp Odyssey tech/midi mod recommend?
Arp Odyssey Upgrade Questions
Did I just kill my Odyssey??
ARP Odyssey 2811 Service Manual?
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/elect...ders-open.html

[atma]

that is ****ING CRAZY.

[chembros]

^ yeah what a jerk! J/k

[Headz51230]

I've dreamed of finding a cs80 at a thrift store. I mean its just an old heavy organ right?

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[Forbidden Planet]

Originally Posted by Headz51230

I've dreamed of finding a cs80 at a thrift store. I mean its just an old heavy organ right?

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I found a cs80 in a dumpster once










Sadly it was a dream too

[Rooftree]

Nice!!!!!!!

Try to find some Odyssey patch sheets online, then set up your piece of garbage (oops, I mean Odyssey) to match. The Odyssey can be a bit strange to program at first and it's easy to set up a patch that makes it sound broken.

And don't muck with the sliders if they're stiff. You should get them cleaned and lubed before sliding them around. Otherwise you risk damaging the delicate carbon traces inside of them.

[Reptil]

@Johnny2tone a picture would be nice

[soundxplorer]

Originally Posted by Johnny2tone

The HIGH OUTPUT jack looks like an RCA jack, but I don't know what it is. I don't know how to hook it up, but at low volumes everything seems to work.

Just get an RCA to 1/4" cable, or whatever connector you need to plug it into your mixer and try it. Excellent find, congrats! I can't believe that in 2012 - when everyone and their grandmother has internet access - that someone wouldn't take 10 seconds to look at Ebay to find out how much something might be worth before throwing it in a dumpster. Anyway, their loss is your gain! If everything on it works, a mkII could be worth around a grand or maybe even a little more.

[Codeslave9000]

Originally Posted by Headz51230

I've dreamed of finding a cs80 at a thrift store. I mean its just an old heavy organ right?

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I got my AX80 that way... Grandma selling stuff in her attic. Got it for $50 and she thought she had scored. I'm not so mean to take advantage of her, and more than hinted it was worth more, but she was happy with the fifty.

No cs80 tho, sadly.
Or a gx1, but I'd have no idea on how to even move that one without wrecking it.

[Teknobeam]

Yeah... post some pic.s I love stories like this. warms the cockles of my heart.

[tyler477]

I'm skeptical

[the groke]

I found a CS80 at a flea market.... and didn't buy it. AAHHHHHH..... But at least my CS-50 was only 50 bucks.

[the groke]

And my Arp Axxe was given to me by a very kind soul who was using it as a plant table.

[Reptil]

I want to see pictures of the Oddessy and the plant table

[the groke]

hah... yeah, why didn't I take pictures of that! Very nice guy who was moving and just wanted to get rid of some stuff. I met him through my friend who bought an MG-1 off of him. He gave me a ton of stuff when I went to pick it up, including the Arp, which was non-functional at the time (but works now).