Does an $1800 USD Korg ARP Odyssey FS kit one builds oneself (no soldering required) interest you?

[ElmerJFudd]

Poll time! 
 

https://www.korg.com/us/products/synthesizers/arpodyssey_fs_kit/

 

 

[CyberGene]

Marketing: how many Korg ARP Odyssey FS units did you sell for $1500 since 2017?

Sales: 78 units so far.

 

Marketing: that’s too bad. Please ask factory to stop assembling them and instead start selling them as kits for $1800!

 

What could go wrong? 🧐

[wjwilcox]

Sigh.....nevermind.....

 

[dazzjazz]

I really wanted the FS until I played one and realised the action was junk - at a premium price. I bought the module instead.

[EricBarker]

Let’s take one of the worlds most unfortunate products, and make it more laughable. Behringer comes out with a VERY feasible Odyssey with full-sized keys and additional effects. Korg comes out with a bare-bones one at over 2x the price, mini keys, and fairly low quality-control (from what I’ve heard).

 

now… resell it at $300 markup as a kit you have to build.

 

The only silver lining is I get to be my own quality control, and not the shlubs at HQ.

 

Seriously, when Behringer rates higher in QC, you know there’s a problem!

[Biggles]

$180 for the kit would be a maybe, $1800 is taking the pith

[16251]

Is it April first already?

[ABECK]

Did they close a final assembly plant or something?  I'd go $300 for a true kit with a bag of components and a shit ton of soldering. 

[Doerfler]

Having owned a Boddessey, since sold, were I ever to buy another hardware version it would be a Korg.

DazzJazz is spot on about the module, a good friend of mine has one in his studio and it sounds fantastic.

As for me, I now rely on G Force Oddity 3

[ElmerJFudd]

 

 

[EricBarker]

2 hours ago, Doerfler said:

Having owned a Boddessey, since sold, were I ever to buy another hardware version it would be a Korg.

DazzJazz is spot on about the module, a good friend of mine has one in his studio and it sounds fantastic.

As for me, I now rely on G Force Oddity 3

What about for live? I wouldn’t want to hassle with a module+controller, and can’t stand mini keys.

[Konnector]

Good luck with that Korg. Must've been some layoffs at the Korg factory.

If I really wanted one, (I don't) I'd go for the Behringer model at less than half that price and fully assembled.

These days software is a serious option for something like this.

I owned an original white face Odyssey way back when and gigged with it 6 nights a week. It never let me down, but after selling it years ago, I've never missed it. 

[Mike Davis]

Someone will want this 🙂 Me, not so much.

[analogika]

2 hours ago, EricBarker said:

What about for live? I wouldn’t want to hassle with a module+controller, and can’t stand mini keys.

I have the shrunken Korg Odyssey, and I love it. I play it live, so the carrying suitcase is a really nice bonus. I was really worried about the keyboard, but it’s surprisingly playable. Really like the action, too.