smoke damage

[Sean Costello]

Clarissa Fragile wrote:
> 
> I have an opportunity to get a couple of MMT-8's as a package, but one of
> them has "some smoke damage" (I know, it couldn't be much vauger). Is this
> the kind of thing I want to stay away from, or is it an *easy* fix?

Probably means "smoke has made switches that turn sequences on and off
completely erratic, if not unusable."  These switches are fixable, or I
think you can get replacements from Alesis.  I fixed similar swithces
(on a Sequential Circuits SixTrak) with some sandpaper and alcohol (to
sand away and clean off the non-conductive parts of the little plastic
buttons that make up the switch), & then added some finely powdered
pencil shavings (for added conductivity).  

Sean Costello