Pro-1 Problem

[Rob]

Tim Posted:

>One thing that can happen (according to a friend of mine who used to be a
>synth tech) is that the bar that all the J-wires touch when played can
>become corroded and uneven, causing the J-wires to make lousy contact.  I'm
>trying to remember his solution; I think it was something like sanding the
>busbar very gently with fine sandpaper (but don't try anything until I ask
>him again!).

What Chris says to do, if you can't clean the bar, is to rotate it a bit
and get a fresh surface for the j wires to contact.  This soultion works
pretty well, and you can do it a few times.

A good point to remember with all of these old boxes is to keep the tronics
clean.  So every so often go through each machine and give it a good
cleaning.  They work better and are more fun then too.  Well, ok I'll admit
that a messed up machine can sometimes come up with really fun sounds.  8.)

-Rob-