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First post, by Strahssis

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Hi everyone,

I have been looking for a Casio GZ-50M, GZ-30M or GZ-70Sp ever since I got into MIDI. I instantly fell in love with the device since I first heard some recordings of it on YouTube. Logically I have been checking FromJapan, eBay, eBay Kleinanzeigen, Vinted, Etsy, 2dehands and Marktplaats daily, but with no success. Once there was one for sale for cheap on eBay Kleinanzeigen, but when I immediately contacted the seller, it had already been sold. I have been looking for about half a year now.

I was hoping one of you guys may have one of these devices (I don't mind which one) and maybe you don't use it that much or don't care that much about it. And maybe then you would be interested in selling it to me. They generally sell for €30-€50 based on past sales online, but I am willing to pay a premium for this device, so don't worry about price if you're interested to sell. I can pay by IBAN (EU only) or PayPal. Whoever would sell me one, would make me very happy. Thanks in advance and let me know!

All the best,

Miko, Strahssis

NB: I live in the Netherlands. Might be useful information in terms of shipping.

Mimi: AMD K6-2/266, S3 Trio64, Diamond Monster 3D II, Sound Blaster CT2800, 32MB RAM
Satellite 220CS: Pentium 133, SVGA DSTN, Sound Blaster Pro, 64MB RAM
Contura 420CX: 486DX4 75, VGA TFT, Roland Serial MIDI, 16MB RAM

Reply 1 of 19, by SuperDeadite

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Sell/Buy/Trade threads are not allowed on Vogons.

But anyway, the GZ-50M was the only one sold internationally. The 30 and 70 basically don't exist out of Japan. Yahoo Japan Auctions is your best bet, but even then these don't show up so often anymore.

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Reply 2 of 19, by Strahssis

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Thanks for your reply! It wasn't stated in the terms of use that I couldn't make a topic like this, so I thought it was okay. But now I know and I won't make a similar topic in the future. Sorry for the inconvenience. Anyways, thank you for the information. Now I know not to look for the GZ-30M and GZ-70SP outside of Japan, which saves some time when searching the sites daily.

Mimi: AMD K6-2/266, S3 Trio64, Diamond Monster 3D II, Sound Blaster CT2800, 32MB RAM
Satellite 220CS: Pentium 133, SVGA DSTN, Sound Blaster Pro, 64MB RAM
Contura 420CX: 486DX4 75, VGA TFT, Roland Serial MIDI, 16MB RAM

Reply 3 of 19, by SuperDeadite

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The 70SP is basically a 30 but with extras for karaoke usage. For MIDI music, the 50 is the best equipped module. The 30 doesn't even have a standard MIDI-Input, it's serial only.

Good luck, personally I'm after a Korg AG-3, which I didn't even know existed until last year 🤣.

Modules: CM-64, CM-500, SC-55MkII, SC-88 Pro, SY22, TG100, MU2000EX, PLG100-SG, PLG150-DR, PLG150-AN, SG01k, NS5R, GZ-50M, SN-U110-07, SN-U110-10, Pocket Studio 5, DreamBlaster S2, X2, McFly, E-Wave, QWave, CrystalBlaster C2, Yucatan FX, BeepBlaster

Reply 4 of 19, by Shponglefan

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If you haven't done so, you can save specific searches on eBay and then have them notify you by email when new items appear.

I was able to purchase a GZ-50M a few days ago from Japan this way. It wasn't cheap though; it cost ~$130US, although it was complete-in-box.

edited to add:

Looks like another one just got posted, this one listed for $180 US: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125347437761

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Reply 5 of 19, by kitten.may.cry

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Shponglefan wrote on 2022-06-02, 14:34:
If you haven't done so, you can save specific searches on eBay and then have them notify you by email when new items appear. […]
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If you haven't done so, you can save specific searches on eBay and then have them notify you by email when new items appear.

I was able to purchase a GZ-50M a few days ago from Japan this way. It wasn't cheap though; it cost ~$130US, although it was complete-in-box.

edited to add:

Looks like another one just got posted, this one listed for $180 US: https://www.ebay.com/itm/125347437761

This item is out of stock.

Good luck buying it.

Reply 6 of 19, by Shponglefan

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kitten.may.cry wrote on 2022-06-02, 16:21:

This item is out of stock.

Good luck buying it.

It was available when I wrote that post. Guess it got snapped up quickly.

Not surprising for items that are rare and in demand.

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Reply 7 of 19, by Strahssis

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The item is out of stock because I bought it immediately after I received the PM from Shponglefan about it. I only now have the time to reply on VOGONS. Thank you very much for your help! I guess I got lucky today. I feel like I overpaid for it by a lot, but hey, if you really want something you gotta wanna pay for it. 😜

Mimi: AMD K6-2/266, S3 Trio64, Diamond Monster 3D II, Sound Blaster CT2800, 32MB RAM
Satellite 220CS: Pentium 133, SVGA DSTN, Sound Blaster Pro, 64MB RAM
Contura 420CX: 486DX4 75, VGA TFT, Roland Serial MIDI, 16MB RAM

Reply 8 of 19, by Rikintosh

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He's actually harder to find. Although if you can't find it, I believe you can build your own external synthesizer, using a raspberry, you just need the cassio gz soundfont.

I didn't know it either, and now that I've seen some videos, I'm also in love with this model.

You might have better luck finding a musical keyboard that used the same midi "samples". So all you have to do is connect the midi in and midi out cables to the keyboard and your computer.

Take a look at my blog: http://rikintosh.blogspot.com
My Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRUbxkBmEihBEkIK32Hilg

Reply 9 of 19, by nach

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I bought around 6 months ago the GZ-70SP in a yahoo auction very cheap and i use them very frequently. I love them and the speaker section sounds very good.

I am looking since then for a GZ-50M with no luck, and unfortunately several months since the last one appeared in japanese auctions. I live in Japan and I spend literally hours searching almost every day for midi devices on aution pages but no luck at all.

edit: i just saw that on Hard Off online they sold one unit on May 31st for 7,700 yens (a little expensive though, as they always do)

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Reply 10 of 19, by Shponglefan

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nach wrote on 2022-06-03, 02:46:

I am looking since then for a GZ-50M with no luck, and unfortunately several months since the last one appeared in japanese auctions. I live in Japan and I spend literally hours searching almost every day for midi devices on aution pages but no luck at all.

There has been two available just in the past week bought by myself and the OP from Japan on Ebay.

Like I suggested earlier in the thread, the best thing to do is set up a saved search on Ebay with email notifications turned on. Then you'll be notified the moment a new one is posted for sale.

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Reply 11 of 19, by Strahssis

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Yeah and then you just need to be fast. As I said, I check daily, but reading this topic it seems like I missed a ton of opportunities the past few months. 😜

Mimi: AMD K6-2/266, S3 Trio64, Diamond Monster 3D II, Sound Blaster CT2800, 32MB RAM
Satellite 220CS: Pentium 133, SVGA DSTN, Sound Blaster Pro, 64MB RAM
Contura 420CX: 486DX4 75, VGA TFT, Roland Serial MIDI, 16MB RAM

Reply 13 of 19, by SuperDeadite

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Strahssis wrote on 2022-06-03, 17:27:

Yeah and then you just need to be fast. As I said, I check daily, but reading this topic it seems like I missed a ton of opportunities the past few months. 😜

Stuff goes fast. There was a beautiful boxed Eniac Sound Saurus on Yahoo last week. Been wanting one for a long time, but bids hit 25,000yen. 🤣

Modules: CM-64, CM-500, SC-55MkII, SC-88 Pro, SY22, TG100, MU2000EX, PLG100-SG, PLG150-DR, PLG150-AN, SG01k, NS5R, GZ-50M, SN-U110-07, SN-U110-10, Pocket Studio 5, DreamBlaster S2, X2, McFly, E-Wave, QWave, CrystalBlaster C2, Yucatan FX, BeepBlaster

Reply 15 of 19, by Strahssis

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ackmangogo wrote on 2022-06-07, 07:44:

Hi Strahssis ,

I am not able to use pm feature to send message, please leave me your email address in pm message and I will send you pics of gz-70sp

I sent you the PM. If by any means you can't view it, you can find my public e-mail address on the about-page of my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/dream4playz/about

Mimi: AMD K6-2/266, S3 Trio64, Diamond Monster 3D II, Sound Blaster CT2800, 32MB RAM
Satellite 220CS: Pentium 133, SVGA DSTN, Sound Blaster Pro, 64MB RAM
Contura 420CX: 486DX4 75, VGA TFT, Roland Serial MIDI, 16MB RAM

Reply 16 of 19, by nach

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Hi, in the case you are still looking for one, there is just now one gz-50m on Yahoo Auctions.
I got mine there last month.

Good luck!

Roland MT-32, Roland SCP-55, Roland SC-88, Roland MT-90U, Roland PMA-5, Casio GZ-70SP, Casio GZ-50M, Yamaha MU90B, Yamaha MDP-5, Panasonic CF-VEW212, TDK Digital Music Card 9000, Kawai Gmega

Reply 18 of 19, by Strahssis

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Thank you both, but I have already found one a long time ago. 😀

Mimi: AMD K6-2/266, S3 Trio64, Diamond Monster 3D II, Sound Blaster CT2800, 32MB RAM
Satellite 220CS: Pentium 133, SVGA DSTN, Sound Blaster Pro, 64MB RAM
Contura 420CX: 486DX4 75, VGA TFT, Roland Serial MIDI, 16MB RAM