$100 good price for a Juno 106?

My buddy called me today and his uncle is cleaning out his old house and has a very good condition roland Juno 106 that hes offering me for $100. I've seen them go for much more on ebay, but to be honest I wonder if I'll find a place for it in my music. However at the same time, I think it would be really cool even just for fun and to have as a showpiece in my room. What do you think buy it for 100 bucks or save up for something more useful? apparently it comes with an extremely nice case too....

grab it. quick.

is that sarcasm or are you totally serious?

they're worth about $400 so yeah, that's a deal. i got mine for free- i saw in a friend's parents' house's garage under a big layer of dust. i asked about it & they just gave it to me!

Great price. Just beware of the chip issue with the 106s.

TOTALLY serious. I'd jump on it. I really would. Even if you parted it out you'd make all your money back and then some if you had to get rid of it.

I sold mine this past spring for 250 and it had the chip issue and some other things wrong with it, so for 100, you should grab it.

I did some quick research and couldn't find too much information about the chip issue; could anyone tell me what would be wrong with the unit function wise that could lead me to suspect a chip issue? According to my friend, the board looks like new and his been sitting in his uncle's basement since the 80's when the drummer in his band stole it from a rival band and gave it to him. So any issues related to wear and tear or major use shouldn't be a problem... Or maybe theres a bad batch of serial numbers..?

Wait... this is a hot synth?

I'm guessing it has cooled considerably....

Or does the statute of limitations on a stolen synth exceed 25 years?

This is a no-brainer. Even at worst case if the synth is dead, you could sell the case and parts for MUCH more than $100. My advice: step away from the forum, find your wallet, call your friend and buy the synth before he comes to his senses.

If you're feeling particularly cautious, bring some headphones over to his house and play the synth before buying it. Go through a few of the preset patches and make sure that you can play 6 keys over a wide span on the keyboard without any of them dropping out.

To be fair to the poster, it helps if one has an idea of what they are researching. A search like "chip issue" is likely to result in anything from the desired outcome to a magazine featuring Pringles' newest flavors.

Hey afmunderback - I'm in the Hudson Valley too. I'll happily take your friend's uncle up on this offer if you don't want it.

Serious. Let me know.

$100? Seriously tempting.

To test the chips: Hold down the transpose button during power up....this puts it in 'diagnostic mode'. You can then press one key...each time you press the key the played note will cycle through each chip (showing you the chip number on the display) 1-6.

If one doesn't sound, or is not the same volume, has noise, etc. it is bad....however look up the steps you can take to soak it and remove the black coating...sometimes the coating becomes conductive and is preventing the chip from working, some have said 9 of 10 failed chips work properly after removing the silicon. (there is also a guy in England making new versions of the chip used) It's definitely worth $100, I got mine for $75 and all the chips were fine...but now #3 is going bad.

The early 2000's called.

They want their prices back!

local craigslist is only fender squires and so forth.

Get it but spend a little time and money to return it to like new condition. You will enjoy it more. The chips do go bad which means you lose polyphony. This is fixable and can be done at various ease depending on the severity.