Jakob BC wrote:I wonder how the 201 could be so much cheaper... it must have been built even cheaper or something, unless the JP8000 was very expensive compared to what it was back then. I don't know what the JP feels like but synths with plastic casing can be much different.
The JP8K was way overpriced (£1499 ukPounds in 1997) when released,I love the JP8K but just think it could have been so much more better Built,for starters the Plastic casing lets it down to its big brother and secondly the Pots are really shit and easily breakable especially with a well tweaked JP8K,Roland reduced the Price of the JP8K by some £300 Uk pounds after less than 12 months after release,not surprised when you consider they Built it so bloody cheaply,infact even the undercase is made from Vinyl covered Chipboard???Pretty bad Quality considering it was a Flagship VA
The SH201 I would say is probably better built Quality overall even though its plastic,its a third of the price of a New JP8K,but obviously lacks some of its features,Not sure what Prices elsewhere are but you certainly can get a used JP8K for less than a New SH201,average 2nd hand prices for a JP8K seem to vary between (£275-£350),although the SH201 prices seemed to have dropped a little in the UK.
Does anyone know well the Supersaw in the V synth GT stands up to the JP8K one,I'm interested in the V synth and would like to see how it sounds in comparison,and perhaps remove the JP8K from the setup,and replace it with the V synth as I have both the Rack and the Synth versions of the JP8K anyway
; earlier only VCO was available] + vcf and vca level knobs
Anyway there is no problem with using wheels and knobs at the same time 
