Roland SH-101 Japanese String with a touch of crackle

with a touch of crackle on some pots which should clear with use

It's as good an example as you could wish to find

Part Three showing two of the star pieces on the @soundgasltd stand at #synthfestuk: the Maestro USS-1 and Ult Sound DS-4 - driven here by the Maestro MRK-4 with Roland RE-201 on echo duties

The controls are Feedback

failing caps or out of spec parts replaced

Roland SH-101 Japanese String with a touch of crackleA fully serviced and clean example of what is undoubtedly one of the most instantly recognisable of the smaller 80s analogue synths. Essentially what you have is an analogue monophonic bass synth with more than a little TB 303 sonic influence; they were (and quite possibly still are) used by a whole slew of electronic music pioneers from rave purveyors 808 State and The Prodigy to industrial noise mongers Nitzer Ebb and KMFDM, to experimentalists