I'm looking to buy a Juno 6, not 60, 6.... USA 110-120v wall voltage

I'm on a quest for a juno 6, the original with no patch storage, not the 60.... if anyone has one that takes US 110v and might be willing to sell it to me, let me know. I'll pay fairly. Unserviced 6es seem to go for a good 1200+ USD in well worn but functional condition when you can find one and I would pay a solid 1500 US for a guaranteed working example with rough cosmetics/ road wear and I would consider a really pristine one if the asking price were under 2000 USD... again, not a 60, I don't need aptch memory, I just want the 6

it kills me to do this because its a such a basic synth, but its just special... every time I see on its in japan and even setting aside shipping its hard to communicate with the seller and there's a fear that it will be Japanese voltage. I don't wanna run it on a variac over 20 volts, that's just asking for ground hum

Jim your going to find trying to acquire one like trying to acquire Hens teeth GOOD LUCK

I've BEEN trying LOL.... that's why I'm psoting ehre.... finding someone parting with one that's stock USA voltage is IMPOSSIBLE anymore

I have money to burn, I just can't find a working example that's stock USA voltage

straight up, man... been looking for since maybe last spring? there's always a catch when you fnd one and its not price, its something else... bad keys, broken slider, wrog voltage, hacked mods that need repair

I'll get one eventually, I'm persistent.... you don't score a '62 vox ac30 in the USA by being a dangus

Jim try REVERB.com one might find one there

been there, its been slow going but there's a couple for a somewhat fair price this week, contacted sellers about some particulars and posted here while waiting... you neer know when a forum rat might go "I have a juno my dad gave me! it sucks, it doesn't do supersaw"

ironically I just got a msg on reverb from a Japanese dealer (ugh) and that one's a no-go

if I score a juno6 my collection of instruments feels very thorough after decades of building it up and the final frontier is either more modular or unobtainium synths like the jupiter8, PPG wave, expander etc....

I'm really going to give this juno a good home. I'll service it and love it nd it 'll get to be with tis bretheren from other countries

now I can find affordable juno 6es aplenty but I'm laid off and afraid to spend my savings ... oh the irony of the virus

if I buy a juno 6 at a good price I guess I ust open the box with gloves and wipe it down allover with clorox wipes when it gets here, right?

Clorox?

No, Jim. Just... no.

Scorch the top layer of the shipping box with a flamethrower if you must, but the only way to clean a pre-MIDI Roland polysynth is to massage it with the softest microfiber cloth you can find, ever-so-slightly dampened with warm, distilled water, while whispering to it with soft affirmations of your undying affection.

Did the nuns who devoted their lives to treating lepers greet each new patient by whiping them down with Clorox? No.

Faith Jim... faith.

Faith in Golden Age Roland.

Faith in Mr. Takahashi, Mr. Izuchi, and Mr. Matsui.

Faith that COVID-19 can only live for days, not weeks, on metal, plastic, and (probably tragically-scarred) wood-laminate endcaps.

Faith Jim... faith

faith that the postal service and UPS take so long to deliver in the best of times that the virus will die in transit? A good bet. I got outbid anyway, I've had to lower my limit on a juno6 due to financial concerns, so I elt the last one go when it topped $1200, still, I think in the longrun the pandemic will score the last piece I really lust after for my arsenal. I'm never sure if I'm kidding about the virus, I've been insanely careful ever since completing a 14 day self-sequester after possible exposure at work following our office closure. People will come to mental health appointments even if they're coughing in a pandemic, even if they're ER nurses.... gotta get that xanax.

the only way to clean a pre-MIDI Roland polysynth is to massage it with the softest microfiber cloth you can find, ever-so-slightly dampened with warm, distilled water, while whispering to it with soft affirmations of your undying affection.

This is how I treat all my old gear anyway. When I sell a piece it often goes out with admonisions to the new owner that he/she must care for it and love it like a small child or favorite pet. I lovingly maintain even the oldest guitar aps while I'm their custodian. For a good 19 or 20 years I've been restoring and then maintining a finnicky, 58 year old AC30. The past few years I've been periodically just checking the parts drift with a meter even when its working fine and sounding great... in the meanswhile Iwas building up a stash of early WIMA metalized caps in the right values to replace anything that goes too far out of whack in the signal path and when a value can't be found (or its an aful Hunts cap) I get soemthing that's new but is damned close to what I'm replacing. Its a sickness, like guys who maintain vintage cars.

New stuff? just tools... old stuff? Its not better (all the time) but its got personality and a story and should be kept alive for future generations. What's funny is I'm old enough that there are peices I bought new or used when you could still find new units in stores even if discontinued that is rapidly achieving or HAS achieved vintage status to the minds of the people who decide these things. Its really weird.

Hi Jim! The comical overkill in my reply was in no way intended to imply that you wouldn't treat all your gear with extreme care. You started a thread on specifically seeking a Juno-6 instead of a 60 afterall... going with the vintage car analogy you mentioned, that's like seeking a vintage early-80s Porsche 911SC instead of the (nearly identical) late 80s Carrera 3.2 because you don't have much need for the improvements introduced in the later, even more expensive models...in other words, it is entirely self-evident that you know exactly what you are doing.

...and we both know one cloxor-wipe bath isn't going to dull the 35+ year old enamel on a Juno. :)

(and also, my proclamation that you know what you are doing doesn't mean that I think I know exactly what I'm doing too)

In an attempt to contribute something of actual value to this thread, I will say that the sliders have been the trouble-spot for me with my Juno 60, and I believe several sliders are identical part#s between the Juno-6/60 and Jupiter 8. The sliders are troublesome because nobody makes remanufactured replacement sliders for these models (last I checked), even though replacement sliders for the later 106 are very easy to find. My current theory is that the design of the 6/60 sliders was meant to accomodate disassembly/re-assembly, unlike the cheaper sealed units in later models... so perhaps this is why I can't find replacements... but I've no clue how to go about a full teardown and rebuild of each slider... and would much rather just replace the ones that still feel way too stiff or way too loose after the usual goto clean and lube methods haven't remedied things... so be sure to ask sellers (as I'm sure you do) about how smooth and consistent the slider operation is... and I'd advise readying a strategy for how you'd go about servicing or replacing a slider or two that just isn't right.

on the slider's, they are one of the reasons I prefer the 6 to the 60, the 60 needs to be able to store the position of the slider for thepatch storage while the 6 has no patch memory... the sliders are the same size but not the same electronically due to being just straight ahead faders and the longevity of the 60's slider suffer as a result of patch recall....

and I knew you weren't flaming me with your sarcasm, I laughed, I just wanted to point out what a nut I actually am about my stuff (or anyone's stuff who hands said stuff to me for service)

I just did an ebay search, and sellers are now offering newly-manufactured sliders for Juno 6/60. Praise the gods!

My decade of procrastination in fixing this thing has finally paid off. ;)

I hear you re: the 60 being a more complicated beast due to patch memory, but aren't the sliders mechanically the same units between the 6 & 60, even though the circuits they control are far more complex on the 60? Very possible I am mistaken.

My issues with them have not been related to position recall or storage, but just in their mechanical action being wildly uneven due to the ravages of time and (previous owner) neglect. Some slide easily, some take quite a bit of force, and some have uneven friction levels from one end to the other... and this is after doing all the deox/lube I can safely do without complete disassembly... several of the sliders barely budged when I first got it... it must have sat for quite awhile...

you're right, I'm wrong, they're the same fadrrs, if there's nos tepping then if not a 1 to 1 replacement then they're at least tradition mader potentiometers that just get scanned by the storage software

wound up with a GliGli modded Prophet 600 for a steal and I'm really happy with it and don't regret letting go of the Juno. I think I'mmore of an SCI and Korg man

Congrats! I bet that 600 is bags of fun, especially one that is Teensy-accelerated. :D Great Find!

thanks, yeah its great

figures, now I get offered a beat but functional juno6 for the same money as the 600... I wouldn't get rid of the 600 for all the facemasks in china, but I want that 6 too. I keep catching myself rationalizing another purchase before bed! NO!!! Must resist the G.A.S.

Fight it, brother!

My unsolicited 2 cents: If you're going to give into temptation, do it for a very clean example that would be easier to flip for crazy money in a few years... when Behringer or someone else has inevitably come out with a more compact, midi and Eurorack-ready, but otherwise sonically and aesthetically 1:1 DCO-based clone*... and the folks still putting up big money for Juno 6s want museum-pieces.

The Juno 6/60 is (as you know) freaking huge, physically. Having one of your largest synths be also one of your most trashed might be kind of a bummer... that said, we both know if it's 100% functional and sounds correct, that's what matters most.

*I know Deepmind is essentially a luxed-out Juno clone, but it misses the beautiful simplicity of using a Juno 6/60/106 by miles. And Roland's DSP-based clones are still limited to 4-voices and (I think) 16-bit D2A... c'mon Roland...

I own a deepmind 6, and it is as easy to program as a Juno 106. All the sliders are there for the ease of analog programming. Thee only bit of deleving required is the use of the effects engine or using its mod matrix. iam really pleased with mine.