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[Pepe]

This may look steep, but in fact it is not. Not in the slightest way! 440 USD for a KORG PME-40X with six modules.

It includes the ultra-rare KDW-301 Dist Wah, a fantastic filter effect (lowpass, bandpass, highpass and bandpass plus clean) which can be compared to a Musitronics Mu-Tron III. The KAD-301 is my all-time favourite analog delay unit, the flanger is awesome as well (negative feedback is possible), the chorus has the silvery KORG sound that I like a lot and the distortion sounds very much like an early long-dash BOSS DS-1.

This set is worth way more than the 440 USD - the Dist Wah alone does normally fetch prices over 300 USD at Reverb!



https://reverb.com/item/91556385-korg-pme-40x-1983

[Pepe]

Hello, dear British forum friends! This one is for you:

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/336383901279

Starting at 5 GBP. A seemingly complete Pearl CH-02, only a few screws are missing and a previous owner drilled a hole in it (for whatever reason, plus it looks butt-ugly - but black covers for such holes exist to make it look a bit better). It also comes with the original box.

I'm quite sure this could be a working unit, only disassembled. I have one and it is an awesome sounding chorus, also a damn good pure vibrato on demand.

[Pepe]

If I were living in Canada, I would instantly buy this set. This KORG PME-40X is listed at 400 CAD, but it has two of the most collectable modules on board, the Octave V and the Wave Shaper, which are usually fetching prices of over 300 USD (or EUR) per single module.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/327261542419

[chromandre]

Fingers crossed on that loaded PME-40X. unfortunately there is a shipping permissions complication. hopefully it gets resolved, when it does, it will be mine

[Pepe]

I think Laurie can help you out if the seller won't agree. Maybe he would love to try it out for a second or two, anyway.

[chromandre]

seems that we are a go on that Easily a great starting point with the PME-40X. Im already planning my next moves, why not? "dist wah" and Id have a trio of synth pedals. 2x phasers for the sync mod. honestly "External Selector" would get a lot of use for things that arent even pedals or ones that force you to use a crummy on board preamp.

[Pepe]

Well, I almost have a full set for sale, soon. There is a Dist Wah left, recapped and calibrated - easily one of the very few best working and sounding KDW-301 on the world (because this model is heavily suffering from the old capacitors these days, as are all vintage auto wah effects with opto-electronics).

[Pepe]

When the KORG PME-40X arrives, be sure to change the order as follows, because it increases the performance and sound of the Octave V and Wave Shaper significantly:

1: Compressor (as most octave effects work more reliably with a compressor in front - but don't kill the dynamics, either, because the Octave V has a very lively sound when used with a dynamic input signal)
2: Octave V (generally, octave effects need to be early in the effects chain, but you all know that already)
3: Wave Shaper (using the Wave Shaper before the Octave V is fruitless, but in front of it, the Wave Shaper generates more distinct synthesizer sounds in a much more pleasing way, especially if you use the low octaves only)
4: Graphic EQ (the Wave Shaper can sound quite harsh, despite its own Mid EQ knob, and you can achieve great sounds using the KGE-201 with tamed highs after it)

Be careful with the volume knobs of the Octave V when combined with the internal distortion, and especially with the volume of the Wave Shaper! These units have enormous headroom.

Should the Compressor turn out being noisy or distorting, it will need a new set of capacitors and an adjustment of the single trimpot, which can easily be done with the circuit boards without the module chassis put inside the pedalboard. The nine capacitors and my preferred replacements are as follows:

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2 x	1µF/50V			Panasonic NHG 1µF/160V
3 x 	1µF/50V bipolar		Nichicon MUSE ES 1µF/50V*
1 x	10µF/16V Tantal		10µF/16V Tantal
1 x	10µF/35V		Panasonic FC 10µF/50V
1 x	100µF/35V		Panasonic FC 100µF/35V
1 x	220µF/16V		Panasonic FC 220µF/25V

*WIMA MKS2 1µF might work as well, as there is no space issue, but I haven't tried it yet. Nichicon MUSE or Rubycon bipolar electrolytic capacitors sound great, though.

[laurie]

The unit arrived here in Canada yesterday. Haven't had a chance to really look at it - just checked for transit damage (thankfully, none).

[chromandre]

The unit arrived here in Canada yesterday. Haven't had a chance to really look at it - just checked for transit damage (thankfully, none).