The chronicles of one man's experience building, repairing, cloning and adding to the Buchla Electric Music Box. A manifesto of a very specific obsession.
February 6, 2009
Gentlemen, I give you the 258v
This is a clone of the Buchla 258 oscillator. Despite what some people might tell you, it is totally true to the original in sound and response. I made all the electronics fit between the panel controls on a single PCB, as opposed to wiring to it like the original. I replaced the obsolete heated transistor pair with a modern matched pair and a tempco. The CV inputs respond exactly the same as a 258c. This one has the CV input fine tune control on the left, but I will be doing them with a grey banana jack in place of that. It will be trimmed to 1.2v/octave, but the other CV inputs are unaltered. Now I just have to build the rest of these....
Campari sold separately.
ReplyDeleteAre these for sale?
ReplyDeleteMark - your work is absolutely fantastic!
ReplyDeleteAre those mini-dials the 9mm alpha types? I've just started using those and found the unpainted direction indicator really annoying. I found, though, that you can use a little bit of wire, dip it in some enamel paint, drip that into the notch and then quickly use you finger to wipe off the excess -- seems to work a treat.
Woof!
ReplyDeleteare these only available for sale for a limited time, or will there be a few runs? cheers
ReplyDeleteEverything I build is custom work, built to order. Not really in "runs."
ReplyDeleteI've looked at some demo of this unit and am really interested. have you got a link for prices and how long it would take?
ReplyDeleteAmazing work Mark!
ReplyDeleteWould it still be possible to order one?
email me.
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