Description: This Old Synth Vintage Analog Synthesizer Parts, Repair, and Restoration in San Jose, CA
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Aug 16, 2022 As a senior working out of my residence, Covid restrictions pretty well killed off my business here. I slipped into semi-retirement mode, and now I'm hitting 70 years old retirement is here. I would like to thank all of my past customers. I have enjoyed working with you and wish you all a happy and prosperous future. Maybe I will bump into some of you on my fishing outings.
Aug 10, 2022 I sold the last kit from the latest build six months back. I do not market it aggressively so sales are slow. My current issue is that I ran out of circuit boards and have to order more, along with sourcing components. Covid and sanctions on China disrupted the supply chain (also made my last 2 component orders difficult and expensive). I can't get the quality of circuit boards I need and the price has gone up 5x plus we have to pay a 25% tariff on top of this for orders from China. The worldwi
This Old Synth was created out of our AmpTech guitar and amplifier service ( AmpTech ) with a specific focus on vintage analog synthesizers (preferably the ones with knobs on!) and is now 99.9% of what I'm doing in the shop. More and more vintage synths were being brought in, especially MiniMoog's. My focus is more and more on vintage Moog, especially the MiniMoog for which I acquired the sole rights to Synthfool's Opto-key for MiniMoog which finally solves the key contact problems with this synth. I also d