Are All Vintage Stylophones Rare?

No, only certain ones are rare. Remember, there were MILLIONS of them sold. Over 4 Million in fact, so because of that, there are still LOADS of them about.

Here I am talking about fair/good condition used ones, obviously ones brand new in sealed boxes are a different matter.

So how do I know this and what gives me the right to say which are rare and which aren't? I've been buying and collecting vintage Stylophones for over 10 years, so I have seen how regularly each type comes up for sale. This is purely my own view based upon British sale and auction sites, different countries will have other results.

I've also added the maximum prices I've paid for each type of Stylophone. (and I've bought waayyy too many over the years)

If a white Stylophone has a silver grille, its a revision 3 and not rare at all. They come up very often on auction sites.

Maximum price paid was £10.

Revision 1 & 2 Treble Stylophones are all white with a black grille. I reckon these are the most beautiful vintage Stylophones.

Revision 2's are really more uncommon than rare, while revision 1's with gaps in the keypad (known as 'gap tooth') are slightly rarer. Both rev 1 & 2 treble Stylophones do appear on auction sites now and again.

Maximum prices paid were £25 for a rev 1 & £18 for rev 2

Are not really rare at all, with even the very early revision 1 'gap tooth' models coming up pretty frequently on auction sites.

Maximum prices I've paid are £20 for rev 1, £16 for rev 2 & £12 for rev 3, and I've bought loads over the years.

Bass Stylophones are very rare, with the early 'gap tooth' revision 1's being very very rare indeed and in over 10 years of collecting I have not seen even 1 come up for sale. Revision 3 Bass Stylo's do come up for sale sometimes, but you can expect to pay a kings ransom for one, with many collectors hunting for them.

Bass Stylophones are the only type of vintage Stylophone which are actually genuinely rare.

Maximum price was £?? for rev 1, £?? for rev 2. I haven't been able to find one of those yet. How much would I pay for either of those? I hate to think, but they certainly won't come cheap. I paid £18 for rev 3. Yes, I got it that cheap, I took a chance on a listing that stated it was a white stylophone, but the poor quality picture seemed to show a bass Stylophone. You could say I got lucky, though it did need a full electronic restoration.

You can expect to pay £80-£120 for a rev 3 in good condition.

They do come up regularly on auction sites. New Sound Stylophones are often thought to be more rare than they actually are with many sellers asking silly prices.

Maximum price I've paid was £20 for an immaculate one in a very nice condition box.

Not really rare, since they do now show up on auction sites fairly regularly.

When I first started collecting over 10 years ago, 350s' were quite rare and hard to find, but these days (Jan 2026) you can regularly find two or three for sale each month.

Maximum price paid was £50. Looking at some of the asking prices today, that seems hard to believe, but its true. I've bought 8 350s over the years, and the most I've ever paid has been £50 (excluding postage). The cheapest was 99p, after the high bidder retracted their bid. £40-£45 is the average price I've paid.

Of course, the PianoMate is not a stylophone, but a vintage Dubreq synth non the less. They are pretty rare, but do come up for sale now and again. Lately, people are asking silly money for Pianomates on auction sites. They are rare, but like dinosaurs poo, not really worth a lot of money. I have bought 2 over the years, one for £10 and another for £45, both were in excellent condition and complete with all accessories. Often the volume pedal is missing from ones on sale.

The Dubreq Mini-Amp Amplifier often just called the "Dubreq Mini", was the first 'Stylophone Amplifier'. Not actually designed for the Stylophones, they were a previous Dubreq product, thought to be a portable guitar amplifier with its dual inputs & tremolo control, they quickly realised it could be used with the Stylophones. Dubreq Mini Amps do appear for sale occasionally, but are quite rare.

The Dubreq 125 Amplifier came after the Mini and was specifically designed to be a Stylophone amplifier. The mark 1 used the same circuit board as the Mini amp, but it was heavily modified for the Dubreq 125 with the second input & tremolo removed. The Mark 2 had its own custom designed circuit board. These are less rare and do come up for sale now and again.

Maximum prices I've paid for a Mini is £55, and a 125 amp top price was £45 for Mk 1 & £45 (again) for Mk 2.

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