Hi from a new member.
2008-04-15 by thirteentech
Just wanted to introduce myself... I am a synthesizer service tech from Sydney, Australia. I have been fixing synths since 1982, as well as a lot of touring as
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Re: Recommended caps for recapping a vintage synth
2008-04-15 by nik_a777
Do these caps wear out if the synth is not used? I have a synth that hasn t been played for 20+ years, just wondering if that would benefit from replacements.
Re: Roland AXIS-1 [cable pinout for you]
2008-04-15 by Randy Diakur
Hello, Michael - A friend who subscribes to the group put me onto your plight. So now I m a subscriber, too. (I m glad he put me onto the group.) I strongly
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-15 by Roy J. Tellason
... Well, there might ve been a bit of it dripping out the bottom by the time I was done... :-) ... I don t know what that stuff is made out of, offhand.
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-14 by hermine
... Yes. but since for better or for worse, i think of the Hammond as if it were a kind of musical pre 1967 Volkswagen bus, on which I have done MUCH work, the
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-14 by Roy J. Tellason
... Yelled at? I wouldn t put up with that... ... Well, I m a bit of an information packrat too, the organizing part lagging somewhat. :-) ... Would that
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-14 by hermine
... I am afraid to ask because I could get yelled at. but i will ask. anyway. i think the fellow at one time sold his own concoction, but he does make an
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-14 by Roy J. Tellason
... No? So what do they use instead? -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space,
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-14 by hermine
... I have no idea whether or not one should use anything like WD 40 on a Hammond; the only person I know who says he is an expert on their restoration and
RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-14 by timothy kosiorek
Hello:Thanks,I think everyone that spoke against the use of WD-40 thought that I was suggesting using it on the contacts,and that is something I would never
Re: Hammond H100 and WD40
2008-04-14 by fsimon100
Tim I know you caught a lot of grief over the WD 40 on the bar for the preset keys but after I saw Bob samorkate photos I knew I could try it with little
Re: Recommended caps for recapping a vintage synth
2008-04-13 by gil_we
Thanks, I m referring to electrolytics only. ... recapping
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Recommended caps for recapping a vintage synth
2008-04-13 by Antoine Deschênes
In power supplies, I d recommend Nichicon HE/UHE caps, their MTBF is much longer than most capacitors. In the signal path, people recommend poly#### film
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Recommended caps for recapping a vintage synth
2008-04-13 by Philip
Hi, i must say I haven t heard a difference but then all of the syths i ve re-capped just had standard cheap electrolytics in them to start with. Phil. ...
Recommended caps for recapping a vintage synth
2008-04-13 by gil_we
I ve been so far done recapping of mainly power supply, in analog synthesizers. I m no willing to start doing a full recap for a few synths, and need to pick
Re: Hammond H100
2008-04-13 by Bob
This is a work in progress, but I have pictures of an H-112 on my Flickr site. These show opening up the keyboards for access to replace keys, fix the presets,
Re: Hammond H100
2008-04-12 by fsimon100
Hi Bob, I was curiouse if you took the Hammond H apart and took any photos like you said you may do. Frank ... front ... to ... help ... disassemble ... swings
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: CEM3310 chip
2008-04-12 by Frank Simon
I need four. I should part out and sell my CEM chips from the Prophet 10. There is approx 50 chips. That would be ashame. I d rather see this thing come to
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] CEM3310 chip
2008-04-12 by Malte Rogacki
Does anybody know where I can get some CEM3310 Chips at a reasonable price? Depends on your definition of some and reasonable price . They re $40 apiece
Re: CEM3310 chip
2008-04-12 by Scott Davies
... I have one I ll sell for $30.00 plus $4.50 shipping
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Boss DR-55 sounding problem
2008-04-12 by freckles@freeola.com
Thanks floppy its definitely not like that - the repeat is about 10ms. I m going to try it again at different tempos, see if it alters.
Re: CEM3310 chip
2008-04-12 by mark_r_abcd
... reasonable ... Depends what you mean by reasonable . They turn up on eBay fairly regularly - on eBay UK the going rate is about GBP 25-30 (around $50).
CEM3310 chip
2008-04-12 by fsimon100
Does anybody know where I can get some CEM3310 Chips at a reasonable price? Frank
Roland AXIS-1
2008-04-11 by dwcalifornia
Hi everyone. I need some help diagnosing why my Roland AXIS-1 keytar controllers won t power up. I ve got a power supply, and bought a 5- pin XLR to connect
RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Boss DR-55 sounding problem
2008-04-10 by Scott Nordlund
I don t have a DR-55 but I downloaded the service manual for my own amusement (I m cool like that). I would guess that the note button is double-triggering,
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Boss DR-55 sounding problem
2008-04-10 by floppy
i have the same problem with mine. maybe its the start button that sets 2 steps when pressing it once ? cause the old beats in memory from the previous owner
Boss DR-55 sounding problem
2008-04-10 by fr3kkles
Hi just wondering if anyone has some advice/tips for me. I have what appears to be a fully working DR-55 except the drum sounds are double-triggering. most
Re: Farisa Super Bravo
2008-04-10 by Mike de Vries
Cheers for that! Pity the farfisa cost me less than the.. lol. I ll keep that as a backup, but I ll still hope for a free download. Much regards Mike
Re: Farisa Super Bravo
2008-04-10 by balderson04
The schematic is here: http://www.musicparts.com/products.asp?Company=Farfisa for $25, which is a bit much for 15 pages.
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Sh-101 problem
2008-04-09 by Philip
tmp80c49? As far as I know you can use any type of 8049 brand such as a D8049 there are usually some on ebay. Phil. ...
Re: Sh-101 problem
2008-04-09 by inocencio66
... Yes, that occurred to me, but these diodes d17...d29 are all in open circuits, and their respective switches tested ok. On the pcb they also reside between
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Farisa Super Bravo
2008-04-09 by Roy J. Tellason
... I don t have either one of those, but do have a few Farfisa manuals left, if you wanted to get a general idea of how they do things:
Farisa Super Bravo
2008-04-09 by mrjdevries
This is a tiny bit embarassing, but does anyone have a service manual for a Farfisa Super Bravo or Farfisa Bravo It s working fine, but I want to modify it
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Sh-101 problem
2008-04-09 by Philip
I read your post about the diode...you can t measure diodes reliably in circuit...sure you can do a quick check but to be sure it is faulty you need to lift
Re: Sh-101 problem
2008-04-09 by inocencio66
Replaced the diode but the problem remains. Even replaced ic7, ic8 and ic10, but nothing. It all leads to a faulty cpu chip. I didn´t want to go to the
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: contact cleaners
2008-04-08 by Antoine Deschênes
DeoxIT doesn t come off, it dries. Only the solvent in the D5 does. The dried residue continues to remove oxydation (new residues to remove after a few days).
Re: contact cleaners
2008-04-08 by inocencio66
... Caig ... this as ... with all the ... (North ... fluid). ... Well I seriously goofed here! Here´s the link to the post:
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100
2008-04-08 by Frank Simon
Bob, That would be great. You have been very helpful with your pictures. If you are taking the pictures anyway I would greatly appreciate the breakdown
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: Hammond H100
2008-04-08 by Lloyd Parsons
Wow! I ve been waiting for someone with an H1xx series to do this. I need to get into mine s upper end, I have a tab or two that are being a bit pesky. I m
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: contact cleaners
2008-04-08 by Antoine Deschênes
Search a bit, it s not just naphtha and alcohol : If you look at the DeoxIT 5% solutions MSDS, you see they use 75% naphtha as the solvent, and 20% propane,
Re: Hammond H100
2008-04-08 by Bob
It has to be taken apart from the top and the front, actually. The keys are screwed in from the back, but the key has to be slid back to disengage it from the
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: contact cleaners
2008-04-08 by JRogersjr@aol.com
Could you provide a link to the Audio Asylum Forum post that says Caig De-Oxit is just a mix of rubbing alcohol and nafta (lighter fluid) ? I d like to read
Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: contact cleaners
2008-04-07 by Roy J. Tellason
... I ve heard of that stuff, though I ve never used it. Didn t know it wasn t being made any more, either. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest,
RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: contact cleaners
2008-04-07 by timothy kosiorek
If you go to the De-oxit website you will see that it does contain those chemicals but they are not the active ingredients but are added as a solvent,the
RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Hammond H100
2008-04-07 by timothy kosiorek
Hello:I don t work on clocks but I have seen them gummed up with sewing machine oil,when the oil was removed they started running again so I assumed that they
Re: contact cleaners
2008-04-07 by inocencio66
... wrote: . ... into the ... I´ve read on the Audio Asylum Forum that De-oxit is just a mix of rubbing alcohol and nafta (lighter fluid).
contact cleaners
2008-04-07 by Roy J. Tellason
I find that you can divide contact cleaners into roughly three categories: 1. Stuff that just cleans. I used to use a lot of Tun-O-Wash which blasts pretty
RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Hammond H100
2008-04-07 by mtcasino
Thank you Mike The specific product I use is Servisol Contact Cleaner. Regards Brian G3OYU HYPERLINK http://www.g3oyu.co.uk www.g3oyu.co.-uk It looks like
RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Hammond H100
2008-04-07 by Brian Davies
The specific product I use is Servisol Contact Cleaner. Regards Brian G3OYU www.g3oyu.co.uk _____ From: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Hammond H100
2008-04-07 by Brian Davies
Wrong old son! ALL clocks are oiled with special clock oil, similarly watches are also oiled with special watch oil. You never ever run a clock dry it will