I may be able to help (considering I'm Greek, it's the least I can
do). I've been speaking to a person in Europe who has
expressed interest in selling these products direct.

Yassou, pedimou!

- P

> > Guys -
> >
> > I very rarely toot my own horn, but it you guys want
> > a 259, get a
> > Plan B VCO and Dieter's Wave Multiplier, the A-137.
> > If you want
> > the LFO, add a A-147 to that stack. You will get
> > all of the sound
> > and 95% of the functionality.
> >
> > The original 259 is nothing more than a 258 with a
> > bunch of
> > wave shaping and an LFO added. One of its pirmary
> > features
> > which I don't think is of value to most nowdays is
> > the 259 was
> > also computer controllable via the Buchla 300.
> >
> > Outside of the wave morphing, which IS different,
> > the Plan B
> > circuitry emulates the 258 sonically in the areas
> > that count - the
> > triangle core, the expo FM, the freq response of the
> > two main vc
> > inputs and the sound of the sine wave are pretty
> > much identical.
> >
> > Dieter's wave multiplier does wave folding in much
> > the same
> > manner as the 259s waveshapers did, although Don
> > used
> > terms like odd and even harmonics instead of square
> > and saw.
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > - P
> >
> >
>
>
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