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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I picked up 4 of these in one auction all listed as for repair. Turned out every one had catastrophic pot failure that cut out the signal. I would change all the pots if you have a version with the black plastic pots, I think one of these even had standard 16mm pots that had failed.<br><br><div>> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 19:58:43 +0100<br>> From: gordonjcp@gjcp.net<br>> To: synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<br>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Freebass 383 ROM anyone?<br>> <br>> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 09:23:28PM +0000, Ullrich Peter wrote:<br>> > Hi Gordon!<br>> > <br>> > As the Freebass 383 is said to be the same as the MB33 this eprom image should work:<br>> > <br>> > http://www.mediafire.com/download/u4kkx9659e9tk6r/Freebass_MB33_OS_27C256.BIN<br>> > <br>> > Ciao<br>> > Peter<br>> <br>> Well, I burned a ROM and stuck it in, and it hasn't made a big difference. It does at least trigger the envelope when I power it on now.<br>> <br>> I guess the next thing to do is try and devise some sort of diagnostic ROM.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Gordonjcp MM0YEQ<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Synth-diy mailing list<br>> Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<br>> http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy<br></div> </div></body>
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