Kent Spong of KSR has recently serviced my CS80. Kent is a forum
member and should be able to answer all of these questions.
Cheers
Worsel
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yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "galaxiesmerge" <galaxiesmerge@...>
wrote:
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> Okay - but then why do services like KSR (on RL Music) offer to change
> all the CMOS chips along with the Caps? I mean, I have had circuit
> failure happen, chips burn out over time. Not sure if its rot or just
> over-use. Luckily I have not had this happen on my CS-80 but I am
> concerned and worried about it. Anyone on the forum know what
> restoration really does? Or can one just do caps and tuning? Is there
> a mod to make tuning better, more stable, easier?
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> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David <d2ba@> wrote:
> >
> > No circuitry does not rot away --only caps do --most IC's will
last a
> > lifetime as well as circuit boards
> > put it this way a CS-80 will outlast a human being --100 years from
> > now people will still be playing CS80's
> > David
> > On 8/01/2009, at 7:45 PM, galaxiesmerge wrote:
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> > > I agree - but to get that, one has to do a complete restoration,
else
> > > the circuitry will simply rot away. And, from what I am finding out,
> > > it ain't cheap!
> > >
> > > --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David <d2ba@> wrote:
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> > > > ten years from now I think a CS80 could be worth about $50,000---
> > > just
> > > > a guess but I think collectors not players
> > > > will move over from the Les Paul market and invest
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > > On 8/01/2009, at 7:23 PM, vestedserpent wrote:
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> > > > > I watched that one sell. I saw a guy on gearsluts ask, and get
> > > over
> > > > > 11k recently. I didn't think
> > > > > I would want to sell mine. But, I never thought they would go
> > > for so
> > > > > much.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, David <d2ba@> wrote:
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> > > > > > The last one on Ebay sold for USD$8750
> > > > > >
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