Vintage Synth Repair

Thanks for the advice. The seller added that now no preset/bank buttons work at all after he tested it again.
--- In vintagesynthrepair@...m, Jez <jezosaurus@...> wrote:
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> I'd test it properly first before buying just to make sure it's not got
> anything else wrong with it - the bank switching issue may just be all the
> seller has managed to find wrong with it.
> 
> But it sounds OK, and it sounds like it just has a switch problem. If you
> can select all 8 patches in bank A, you should find you can select B to D
> via midi (I'd guess the midi implementation of a JX3P allows this, though
> it is an early MIDI implementation, and the MIDI is extremely limited)
> 
> So it should jusy be a matter of fixing the switches.
> 
> Mind you - programming it won't be possible unless you do.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Nick <mckenzie126@...> wrote:
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> > Oh, I will just add that apart from the aforementioned faults, the rest of
> > the synth works fine - keyboard, audio etc. Thanks
> >
> > --- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Nick" <mckenzie126@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello all, Im a newb here and have re-ignited my long since dormant love
> > of synths & electronics, so finding this group is great! Id like to buy a
> > faulty JX3P from ebay and need some advice on the problem & see if anyone
> > can advise.
> > >
> > > The fault is that only the first bank (bank A) of preset sound buttons
> > work - it is not possible to select the second bank of preset buttons (bank
> > B) or the bank of buttons (bank C/D) that control the various functions of
> > the sound editor/mapper.
> > >
> > > Should I purchase & indulge? I would say my knowledge is intermediate
> > and I do not have a scope now as I sold it years ago, maybe time to get
> > another one? .. are those cheap nano scopes any good?
> > >
> > > Any info would be great.
> > >
> > > Best regards & thanks,
> > > Nick
> > >
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