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Re: How old's my OB-X?

2010-10-11 by synthparts

Great, thanks! Please take some internal pics too if you can. If you want I could host the pics on my site. I'm pretty sure those really early OB-Xs had a different, more troublesome processor board.

Doug
synthparts.com

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, Chris Wareham <chriswareham@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Doug,
> 
> Attached are a couple of pictures - unfortunately they are quite grainy
> as the only digital camera I have is the one on my mobile phone, but
> hopefully they show enough details for identification purposes. I'll
> try to borrow a proper digital camera and take some better pictures
> during the week.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Chris
> 
> synthparts said on 09/10/2010 07:38:
> > That is an early one. From 1979. Can you take a pic?
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com <mailto:oberheim%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Chris Wareham <chriswareham@> wrote:
> >  >
> >  > Hi folks,
> >  >
> >  > Many thanks to the people who helped out with WAV files of the factory
> >  > presets a few months back. I'm now trying to work out how old my OB-X
> >  > might be, as I think it's probably a pretty early one. It doesn't have
> >  > the name on top in a large OB-Xa style serif font, rather a small name
> >  > in a distinctly blocky font above the keyboard. It is also an original
> >  > four voice specimen, as confirmed by the Oberheim identity tag on the
> >  > back. It's serial number 793401, and I'm wondering if anyone knows how
> >  > to date an OB-X based on this information.
> >  >
> >  > Regards,
> >  >
> >  > Chris
> >  >
> >
>

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