How do you decide what store to buy your modules from?

[HelloNurse]

If I need to have it day of, I go over to Control. If not, I'll probably order from Control and pick it up the next day

[rimbod]

I've bought everything except my two doepfer modules from clock face modular. Every time I ordered I received my module the next day. EVERY TIME! Crazy good service. Even got my springray hot off the presses and packed and ready to pick up when I visited Tokyo Festival of modular. It's the schneidersladen of Asia!

+1 on Clockface.

I got my initial dump of goods to set up my rack ordered overseas from Perfect Circuit, simply because they had everything I wanted at the time plus the Black Market Modular Bento. The shipping was swift, and oh, I was just so happy to receive it when I saw the lengths to which PC applied care to the packaging. That said, I coulda saved a bunch of bucks by ordering a lot of the stuff domestically.

I bought my Loquelic Iteritas from Wurly's in Tokyo when I was there over New Years, and I'd wanted to check out Five G while I was there, but they were closed for the holidays. Anyways, the Wurly's folk were very friendly and honest. Seriously good folks.

But I think I'll probably be ordering from Clockface as much as I can, given the friendly bilingual service, good relationship with Eurorack companies of the world, and free domestic shipping. They're shipping me a fresh Batumi and Poti as we speak which they let me do a preorder for. Also, they do COD, which is convenient.

I mean, Clockface doesn't always have exactly what you want in stock, but they're willing to give realistic estimates of how long it'll take to order new stock in and work to bring it in for you. They also seem receptive to folks wanting to order off the menu within the companies they stock goods from. And they reply to emails pretty dang quick.

I _really_ wish that there was a convenient way for me to go somewhere and try modules before I buy them, but I'm sortof in the opposite corner of Japan from where that's possible. Having a reliable source like Clockwork and the internet for research and opinion-gathering is really nice tho.

[Bough]

I go with Control Voltage whenever practical. Jason's helped me out so many times. I used to live a block away.

He's fixed stuff for me that other people just laughed at me for. I fucked up swapping out a voltage regulator on a Fizmo. My iron wasn't hot enough and it made a mess. It sat disassembled for a year until he did the job in an hour and charged me something insanely cheap like $60.

His hands on approach to the shop got me hooked on modular.

He's also stepped in when my Sub 37 got bricked.

I guess it's "the guy I know and trust" sort of thing.

Muff, you're awesome too and I want to give you more love this year!

[lambwolf]

When i was out in Brooklyn, i bought a couple modules from Control. Those guys went above and beyond answering my questions and demoing.

Ordered a bunch from Control Voltage. Everything came quick and when i couldn't figure something out and jason helped me on the phone for like a half hour.

Ordered a couple modules from Analogue Haven, and no problem there either.

RobotSpeak is my local, but can't ever seem to make it there when they are open.

[DJMaytag]

($120 max every 2 weeks)

you're a lucky fella!

If I need clothes/shoes or just have some cash in my pocket, then that number goes down. $80-100 is more like it, because who needs clothes???

I way overspent on DIY gear in December, so past 6 weeks has had me using that whole amount each week to pay off a Paypal credit balance. :(

[Inflexus]

Thomann got a loooooot of Pittsburgh modules aswell.
Besides those there is also Vermona, MFB, Analogue Solutions, Dreadbox, Jomox, DSI, Studio Electronics, Roland, Moog, Endorphine and Marienberg Devices.

Might be not the most versatile palette, still a bit more than just Doepfer :-)

We've had capital controls in Greece since last summer.
Which means we cannot send money outside the border, including PayPal.

The only shop we can use a special account and send money to, is Thomann which sells only Doepfer.

Fair enough, actually I just noticed the brand options grew a lot...still...no Make Noise, Mutable Instruments, 4ms, QuBit, SSF...you know...more "esoteric" (for lack of a better word) modular manufacturers.

I usually head down to a shop that is in the city I get to play and buy things, or have promoters install advance for gig in my PayPal, but for most people in Greece, Thomann is all we have.

Only Thomann? Maybe you can also order from the other big German online shop, Music Store? They have now a wider range of modular brands, like: Make Noise, Intellijel, 4ms, Mutable Instruments, Verbos, of course Doepfer and more.