Studio Electronics Boomstar 8106 FRESHLY CHECKED & TUNED BY STUDIO ELECTRONICS

For sale is my Studio Electronics Boomstar 8106 desktop analog synthesizer (Jupiter 8 low pass into Juno 106 high pass filter option), freshly and completely checked over and tuned up by Greg St. Regis (Designer and builder of the Boomstar MKII line) at Studio Electronics.

**Ive only had this a few months and its way too organically raw and beautifully unpredictable for me. "It has a modular core so it behaves like it has a modular core" said Mr. St. Regis, creator, to me. I am the 2nd owner. No box, no docs.. just the synth and the power cable packed with care and experience. The bottom has a replaced rubber tab and theres a few light dings on the corners of the wood as per photos.. other than that, its 100% sound ready to rock. Smoke free, pet free, dust free.

Remember, this is a through hole, hand built work of art, not like factory synths with surface mounted and digital parts and processes. This captures the essence of the 70s and early 80s all the way down to the build! Built new to order from the SE website, these go for $1899. Sweetwater retails them new at $1849 right now.

COMPANY INFO:

Boomstar is a return to the raw power and purity of non-programmable discrete analog, where STUDIO ELECTRONICS started in 1985. The snap and punch of hardware envelopes drive the Boomstar's brilliant discrete voltage controlled circuits with unparalleled sonic clarity and versatility; refaced, and revoiced, the Boomstar MKII is likely the ultimate desktop analog synthesizer for those who remember, and desire still, analog synth sounds that changed the music, and sound seekers who have yet to discover that electric magic and delight in their time—via MIDI or CV of course.

The Boomstar's alchemy of combinable waveform oscillations—with sub, OSC1-OSC2 sync—filter and oscillator xmod, ring mod, 5 revered filter types, extensive modulation routing made easy via its 18+ toggle switches, and a flexible software LFO, make sound and music design a daring delight. Hardware envelopes with invert, loop, drone and master mode deliver that flexible, funky snap and shift.

The quick-turn shaft pots along the bottom for the hardware ring mod, noise, and feedback are diode-based for more complex and interesting harmonic distortion, and VCO Levels make vital sonic changes intimate, immediate, and indispensable; the adjacent overdrive switch adds beefy boost, warmth, and edge. 29+ pots ensure a fluid, intuitive groove over wide-ranging sweeps, and subtle tone variations: whip them suddenly and rhythmically into shape, or feather in the changes. Expect cleaner levels in and out of the 5 MKII filter models (MKIIs will still brown out but their headroom is more generous). Can't decide which model deserves your attention? It does help that Boomstar is a discrete, through-hole, hand-matched transistor, semi-modular desktop monophonic synthesizer, built in the U.S.A. to last, no matter which glowing circuit, handcrafted filter model you choose—the first time.

1. Refaced for clarity of function, signal flow and an overall visual/tactile assist.

2. Revoiced for purity of tone—more headroom into amplifier; browning-out is delayed.

3. Diode-based feedback circuit for greater dynamic range and harmonic distortion content.

4. Exotic and rugged hand-picked and handcrafted lumber/microlumber sides: Bocote, Marblewood, and Pau Ferro.

5. Lined, fluted knobs and lined quick-turn pot shafts top and bottom for more precise programming and patch recall.

6. Metal-shafted pots installed throughout, apart from the envelopes, where the custom taper plastic-shafted pots are strengthened with an added bushing.

SidesExoticia® Bocote, Marblewood, and Pau Ferro, end bells are hand selected, handcrafted one-offs, and will vary greatly in grain and attractive imperfections, but they are always character rich, and easily transcend exact appearance expectation. Expect a richly figured hardwood. Sides are now mounted with blind screws, for a devastating... prettiness. CAUTION! Micro-lumber may appear even prettier when immediately in front of you.