Glad to know that most everyone else has a similar story ...
At 02:12 PM 6/11/99 -0500, "Dave Bradley" <
daveb@...> wrote:
>I'm sorry, but you'll have to do much better than that to claim the title of
>"stoopidest MOTM builder alive". Why we've got guys here who like to break
>off switch barrels and even panel studs - right, Curly?
Damn, I guess I lose the contest ;^).
Although not the actual barrel, I did manage to break off a switch by
dropping my Ring Modulator on the sidewalk.
And, "Paul Schreiber" <
synth1@...> wrote:
>You owe me 18 cents + 43 cents postage for the replacement parts I mailed.
><just kidding>!!
Which includes the replacement for the switch I broke! Thanks, Paul! (at
least it wasn't a matched transistor pair - whew!)
>I feel bad I didn't ask you this on the phone.
Don't worry about it - I probably would have said, "well OF COURSE I
attached the right wires to the right holes, what do you think I am,
stupid?" without bothering to look!
And, james holloway <
jimh54@...> wrote:
>As you can see, we've all made our share of mistakes. I put an IC in
>backwards but caught it in time ( before power was applied ).
Me, too!
> The good news is if you follow Paul's excellent
>instructions you have the coolest synth modules available and they all work
>superbly.
Ain't that the truth! Part of the reason I brought this up was to show
that to screw things up, you REALLY have to do something STUPID. The
instructions are easily among the clearest and most detailed I've ever
received with a kit. And like I said, even an idiot like me could manage
to build a MOTM-300 and get it working on the first try - definitely a
credit to the quality of the kits and their instructions,
-Doug
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