Hi group,
I'm new here and I apologize if I com running in immediately with a question:
I have a Roland Jupiter 6 which I bought when it cane out back in 1983. A few days ago I trid it out and after about two years in the cellar (humidity!) it hardly plays anymore. I will spare you all the details of shat doesn't work.
Anyway: I am located in Lisbon, Portugal but I travel twice a year to Germany, where I was born.
Last time had the JP6 repaired (some notes failed randomly - it was not key contact issue) I waited two years because of a chip which had to come from Japan (or so they told me...) - and I had it done by people who offiically represented Roland (300 kms up north in the city of Porto) at the time! I guess I need one of those vintage synth geeks who know their grear inside and out - and where to get the parts.
Questions: how hard is it to get chips for the JP6? Would you recommend bringing the synth to Germany (I will fly there for Christmas and New Year next time). Not that I think Germans are better at this - I just think there might be more of those - and thus perhaps easier to find.
I think the Jupiter 6 is an awesome synth. Not the phattest out there, but powerful, quite stable regarding tuning, and with a lot of punch and so extremely versatile that you can get extremely close to tons of classic analog sythns sounds. And it is extremely quiet. Almost no unwanted noise.
I'd loooove to have my baby back up and running.
Any pointer, any kind of help, would be very highly appreicated,
Thanks so much in advance,
Christian