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Subject: Re: demagging heads

From: "leetronhead" <surfbeach@...>
Date: 2007-05-27

put your tapes in another room until you are demagged
Lee





--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, john barrick <astroboy@...> wrote:
>
> Good Morning all - I'm in the process of demagging the heads on 1407
and
> am following Ken Leonard's procedure as detailed on his web site. If
> you end up bumping one of the heads with the end of the demagger
(wand
> type), do you simply repeat the process for that head? If your thumb
> slips off the demagger's spring loaded switch while inches away from
the
> headblock, is it safe to assume that you need to start the whole
> procedure over again?
>
> Thanks (I don't want to erase any tapes),
>
> john barrick (saving pennies for my M4000)
>