Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Swap Shop and Wish Lists => Seen on craigslist, eBay, and elsewhere => Topic started by: elwoodblue on January 15, 2007, 03:22:25 AM
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I am bewildered at the final price for this mutron III, the same seller had an octave divider that came in at over 1200...is there a run of super rare mutrons coated with dmso and osley magic(or maybe they all were)...or ebay's hidden bidder system is making it easier for shill bidders.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Mutron-Mu-Tron-III-Envelope-Follower-w-ps1_W0QQitemZ280067782456QQihZ018QQcategoryZ118994QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-Mutron-Mu-Tron-III-Envelope-Follower-w-ps1_W0QQitemZ280067782456QQihZ018QQcategoryZ118994QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
peace
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Considering that four original Mutron IIIs sold on ebay in the last two weeks, and the other three sold for $380-$450, and this one isn't significantly better than the other three, I don't buy it. Something smells fishy!
Bill, tgo
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I agree that the new eBay setup sucks. It's so easy for someone to get a few email addresses, et each up with eBay accounts and then spread out a handful of small purchases to get them all a little feedback. It's also very easy to rig the bid counts by making below reserve or otherwise super-low bids on a variety of items that you will never actually have to purchase.
Some of it is stupid buyers, though. Don't ever underestimate them...
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Very strange, indeed. They have been in the $350 - $450 range for the last couple of years - even with the ps-1.
Odd ebay listings aside, they are great old pedals. :-)
Peace
Tom
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Now that is very interesting. I believe I may have one in the basement.
I haven't used it since the 70's. That is just outrageous. I think back then I paid a little over $150. That was expensive back then.
I'll have to get the shovel out and dig it up.
I'll let you know.
NLP
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I'd rather have a new re-issue one than one of the vintage ones; new ones are pretty much the same but nowhere near as noisy, plus they are cheaper at about 230$ new.
Valentino
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Normand:
If you find it and want to sell or trade it, please let me know.
Bill, tgo
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Well, I guess it depends on what you are looking for. I have ABd the Musitronics Mu-Tron III and the Has Mu-Tron III+ and, though similar they are different beasts. When used with my Skylark, the original Mu-Tron is not noisy at all. The Has version just doesn't get the depth and color of the vocal character of the Musitronics.
I haven't tried one of the Q-Tron family from Electro-Harmonix, but I've heard they are pretty good sounding and get pretty close to the original. Also, fairly new in the envelope filter pedal group is the Guyatone Ultron (http://guyatone.com/GstU05.php) - here's (http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=6&storycode=16604%20) a write-up from guitar player. I'd love to hear if anyone's tried one of these. At $425 they're not a lot cheaper than a vintage Mutron, but they look like they have a lot going on.
Peace
Tom
(Message edited by tom_z on January 15, 2007)
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Well I did get lucky and found the unit. No clue where the PS and manual are though. Looks a little rusty on the nuts( keep it clean) and dusty for sure. This is an early one, patents pending stamp and SN#02369. Getting late and I'll see if it even works another day. Book is full tommorrow but we'll see. I don't know what I'll do with it yet, more like a trip down memory lane right now. "What a long strange trip it's been!" NLP
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/35381.jpg)
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/35382.jpg)
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...so I got this offer for a dumble proto-type...
no, seriously...
It's in california ,available for inspection before purchase. I would have to plan a road trip or have a knowledgable friend check it out.
I'm not looking for more amps at the moment ,could be a good investment or not.
It was such an interesting offer I had to share it with fellow gearheads.
If anyone in california might want to see if this amp is a reasonable purchase ...it might be worth checking out.
I don't know the seller,she's had it up on ebay twice over the last 6 months...I would be ultra cautious of course.
anyway...the amps are humming at me
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Elwoodblue, where in California?
Bill, tgo
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here's one of the pics I was sent...
(http://club.alembic.com/Images/395/35417.jpg)
it's a 4 channel PA amp,in the auction description the seller mentions it has some decent 'crunch' for guitar.
I will have to email the seller or forward yours to her for the specifics.
I'm so happy with my recent mesa purchase(1970)...I don't see myself buying any amps for a while.
peace
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I better stop thinking about it...I was just imagining a quad dumble set-up...
...I forgot to mention there's no speakers,
the cab houses like 4 chassis's and lotsa tubes.