[sdiy] KORG to Remake ARP Odyssey

Gordon JC Pearce gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Mon Feb 17 19:08:55 CET 2014


On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 01:03:53PM -0500, Jean-Pierre Desrochers wrote:
> 
> >Why, don't you want it to be repairable?  It'll cost more and be
> >harder to work on if it's through-hole.
> 
> Hmmmm, tiny tiny squared caps, resistors big as a stylus point.
> On your desk, when removed they look like dust particles
> if you are not enough carefull...
> What I like best are resistors and caps I can handle
> and solder using 2 fingers.
> 
> My 2 cents.
> JP

I haven't got the dexterity or patience to do fiddly through-hole parts any more, and I only have the special tools to do them at work.

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Gordonjcp MM0YEQ



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