Vintage Synth Repair

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, brian walker <brian1075us@...> wrote:
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> About three years ago had someone bring a Casio DH200 in for repair. It had the squeal and he had tried to fix it.
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> When I opened it up he appeared to have made a very good job of the repair
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> He had cut the old cap out and stuck a new one in as per the instructions
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> Only problem was that he literary has stuck it in WITH SUPERGLUE
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> When I tracked down the instructions he had followed, they actually said "ensure that you stick the new cap in the same place you removed the old one from"
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> FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS TO THE LETTER
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> Brian
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> P.S. I should add I laughed so much I did not charge him for the repair and it still brings a smile to my face thinking about it
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> --- On Tue, 5/4/10, Alexis V. Rogers <alexis.v.rogers@...> wrote:
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> From: Alexis V. Rogers <alexis.v.rogers@...>
> Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] dumbest repair job ever
> To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 4, 2010, 9:02 PM
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>       I'm a basement tech in the middle of metalguitarland so I don't see many vintage synths come across my bench but I recently had a JX-8P in that had me on the floor laughing so I thought I'd share with the list. 
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> The IEC socket had been removed and a new power cord was spliced in and wrapped in clear Scotch tape with some additional Scotch tape covering the IEC connector's mounting hole. The owner complained that something was rattling around inside and that there were a few keys that wouldn't depress. I opened the synth up to find...two chicken leg bones and pork bone.
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While I DO have some synths in for repairs  (2 Poly 6's and a GEM EquinoxPro88), this one I did the other day was the winner.

Bose L1 PA system . Power amp base. When I took the power amp ICs out , I noticed that the thermal pads for the amps were T0-3P
( plastic power transistor) pads with a HOLE in them. Ala' failure mechanism.

I emailed Bose support. They said we dont fix those BUT for your trade-in AND $1100.00 , we can get you a new one.

NO mention of the factory defect.

Nice.