Vintage Synth Repair

Apologies if this has been stated elsewhere and there's an FAQ, but where does someone 
like me start in analogue synth repair? My knowledge doesn't extend much further than 
being able to take the back off my synths, but I'm willing to learn! :-)

Many thanks,
Ben

Hi--I'm a member for similar reasons.  I would appreciate knowing about any links for vintage parts.  I do have a couple of leads though.  First you may want a repair manual.  You might try http://markglinsky.com/  or  http://rangeraudio.com/  (they tend to be expensive, but I guess we suck up and pay if there's no other choice). Hope there are some that are members of this group that can guide us to other options.  Sandra

Ben Ward <baward@...> wrote:
Apologies if this has been stated elsewhere and there's an FAQ, but where does someone 
like me start in analogue synth repair? My knowledge doesn't extend much further than 
being able to take the back off my synths, but I'm willing to learn! :-)

Many thanks,
Ben





---------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links

   To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vintagesynthrepair/
  
   To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
vintagesynthrepair-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
  
   Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.

Hi Ben & Sandra

 

Not an easy question to answer, where does one start?  I can only recount my
own experience.  I started years ago, as a child, by building crystal radio
sets.  I got the information from electronics magazines, so this would be
the starting point.  Find a magazine that caters for beginners, build a few
things, go to evening classes in electronics, join a radio amateur (ham)
club.

 

What I'm trying to say, in a round-a-bout way, is that you need to learn the
basics of electronic circuits, this will take years.  If you did well at
school in maths and physics you will be off to a good start, if you didn't
you might struggle a bit.  Until you have a grounding in electronics you are
unlikely to make much headway.

 

My own career moved through repairing simple things like record players,
something you won't come across today and don't try CD players that would
not be the same ball game at all!  From there I joined a radio and
television company doing aerial work and moved on to repairing radios and
televisions.  I then started night school and sat the exams to get a ham
radio licence.  From there I went onto joining the Open University, here in
the UK, and ended up with two degrees, a BA in maths and physics and a BSc
Hons in computer studies.

 

All this has taken me some 50 years, so I'm sorry to say to become
proficient in the repair of any electronic equipment and synths in
particular takes a lot of hard work and study, but if you are prepared to do
this you will find it very rewarding.  I certainly do.

 

Kind regards

 

Brian

 

  _____  

From: Ben Ward [mailto:baward@...] 
Sent: Tuesday, 22 February, 2005 16:22
To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Absolute Beginner

 


Apologies if this has been stated elsewhere and there's an FAQ, but where
does someone 
like me start in analogue synth repair? My knowledge doesn't extend much
further than 
being able to take the back off my synths, but I'm willing to learn! :-)

Many thanks,
Ben






  _____  

Yahoo! Groups Links

*	To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vintagesynthrepair/
  
*	To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
vintagesynthrepair-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
<mailto:vintagesynthrepair-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> 
  
*	Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo!
<http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>  Terms of Service.

In a message dated 2/22/2005 10:26:06 AM Central Standard Time,  
baward@... writes:

My knowledge doesn't extend much further than 
being able to  take the back off my synths, but I'm willing to learn!  :-)



if you mean as a vocation, consult your local yellow pages and check out  the 
vocational school section/electrical engineering section.   a  buddy of mine 
did that a while back after graduating college and suddenly had  some 
marketable skills.   you can usually get a job thru the schools  and once you graduate 
you're on your way...
 
good luck-
chip