Anyway, to kick things off:
Over a year ago, I started attempting to restore my tatty old Korg Polysix (circa 1981) which I had bought on ebay the previous year.
I purchased a midi retrofit (P6-KBD), and I also decided to install the Polysex mod, which increases the voice spread, and gives a bit of control to detuning with some other cool additions.
I also had a proper walnut chassis made, instead of the cheap chipboard used originally.
All of this stuff spent a lot of time lying idle, while I was concentrating on other stuff, not least of all becoming a father.
I also spent lots of time meticulously reproducing the front panel design as faithfully as possible in Photoshop.
I eventually got round to getting the project finished over the last few weeks, and I'm very happy with the results.
A couple of weeks ago:
Now:
I've been documenting the whole process and included relevant photos and links to mods etc. on this blog: http://polysix.info
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Over a decade ago, before I owned half the gear I do now, my first "synth" was a PSS-480 that a relative gifted me. I still have it, but a decade later a good amount of the membrane buttons are dead. So! A few years back I went and found a PSS-680 for stupid cheap at a local used music shop...and it was this purchase that opened the floodgates of me acquiring more and more gear/synths. While I have far more comprehensive stuff in the studio these days, the PSS series is still one I'll always love as it taught me the basis of FM synthesis. While I've only just been diving down the electronic side of things the last few years (new music to share one of these days soon lol) I will always keep these two synths. They are capable of a lot of noise and interesting sounds when used creatively. 
