Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

I don't know but speculating...
The production volume of the Poly was low compared to many other consumer products of 1982.The boards use many components that were not able to be handled by pick and place machines of 1982.
Put those two factors together and I would say that most if not all of the Poly's were indeed hand made. At most, maybe some parts were populated by a machine. But I doubt it.
/Mike

 

    On Sunday, March 25, 2018, 9:25:15 PM EDT, charles chop charleschop@... [korgpolyex] <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com> wrote:  
 
     
anyone know ,?,

were the ex800 hand made ?

from what I remember from being inside once is ,it seemed they were.
was a lot of long component axiles not cut back and some sparingily applied solder on others.

kinda regret servicing this thing now that it goes "under the knife" again.

so guess you wont hear much from me until my hawk finds a home.

or

I drift into any question area...

any known mods for a korg m3r plenty of those around and bottom of the heap in price too!

Charles

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On Sun, 3/25/18, bperkins211@gmail.com [korgpolyex] <korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [korgpolyex] Re: hawk-800 upgrade
 To: korgpolyex@yahoogroups.com
 Received: Sunday, March 25, 2018, 8:06 PM
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 My advice would be for someone who has problems
 getting that socket off is to take it to a local TV repair
 or other electronics repair shop and see if they would
 remove it for a small fee.  Most likely it would be
 ~$25.
 What would make them happier to hear
 is if you tell them you don't need to keep the old
 socket..  that they can destroy/ cut it up if they need
 to.  Which I most definitely would if I were to do it
 again.
 Once you get that socket off, the
 rest is pretty much a breeze.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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