Vintage Synth Repair

Hi all,Anyone out there have fader shafts and the square knobs for a 
ARP 2600.Some of mine are broken off,I can still use the faders,but it 
would be nice to get it back to original condition.All I have found are 
the shafts,(a little tiny piece of plastic),for $25 each on Ebay.No 
way...

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "jahg88" <jahg88@...> wrote:
>
> Hi all,Anyone out there have fader shafts and the square knobs for a 
> ARP 2600.Some of mine are broken off,I can still use the faders,but it 
> would be nice to get it back to original condition.All I have found are 
> the shafts,(a little tiny piece of plastic),for $25 each on Ebay.No 
> way...
>

Kevin Lightner at synthfool.com has the 100k Linear sliders, he is the same one that sells the 
shafts on ebay I believe.  The audio sliders might not be available, but http://synthrestore.co.uk/products.htm might be a resource.  I just emailed them to find out 
for sure.  It says something about a batch coming in May '08.  The knobs I have know Idea, 
that might be impossible.  you could ask at synthfool.com or discretesynthesizers.com or 
kurtsamps.com  Let me know if you have any luck. Ciau

What I said before about synthfool.com having the 100k sliders was incorrect.  The 100k sliders that they have are for the 3620 keyboard only. They have the

Thanks all.I know Kevin.I'll give him a call 

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Theobald" 
<esta.theobald@...> wrote:
>
> What I said before about synthfool.com having the 100k sliders was
> incorrect.  The 100k sliders that they have are for the 3620 
keyboard only.
>  They have the 50k sliders that they harvest the shafts from, which 
can be
> used in some locations. The price on these is better on their 
website than
> it is on ebay.
> 
> On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 2:15 PM, jahg88 <jahg88@...> wrote:
> 
> >   Hi all,Anyone out there have fader shafts and the square knobs 
for a
> > ARP 2600.Some of mine are broken off,I can still use the 
faders,but it
> > would be nice to get it back to original condition.All I have 
found are
> > the shafts,(a little tiny piece of plastic),for $25 each on 
Ebay.No

> > way...
> >
> >  
> >
>

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, timothy kosiorek <tkosiorek@...> wrote:

> Kevin does sell the sliders on Ebay for $50.00 for 6 of them Thats not too bad.his wife 
Monica actually has the Ebay stuff under the Ebay ID of married_with_patchcords
> Regards,
> Tim K.

Yep, that's us. :)

As I see a lot of familiar names in here, I'll also point you to my parts store, which has them 
for 5 for $30. :)
http://www.synthfool.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=29&products_id=84

I'd *love* to be able to find slider caps, but so far they've been as difficult to find as someone 
willing to part with Buchla modules. ;)

FWIW, we also have replacement speakers for the 2600.  :)

~Monica