Yamaha CS80

Hey man, 

The guy whos done my unit, Kent Spong, has a load of spares, loads of voice 
cards etc. I dont think he had to replace any of the IG series chips in 
mine. I dont think he would sell any of his spares though, all that stuff is 
like gold dust...
You could email him and ask, im pretty sure he is on this list, dont know if 
he has time to check his emails though, im sure he is wadding knee deep in 
20 or 30 CS80s at the moment (NO im not kidding lol...) 

Its definately worth having some of your own spares kicking around, i have 6 
spare voice cards that came out of a CS60 with some issues. I know some guys 
will hate me for saying it, but if you find a tatty CS60 or CS50 with 
problems, it would be a great parts machine for a Cs80.. Only problem is 
CS60s are not cheap any more.. Ive stripped out 3 not working CS60s for 
parts in the last 2-3 years, sold some voice cards and stuff on Ebay and 
kept enough to keep my unit working..
I also lucked onto some cheap TRG boards from an 80 a few years back (they 
are the aftertouch boards, with loads of VCAs on them) so i have a load of 
VCAs too.. I think they were about $75 a board..
Christ knows how anyone could strip an 80 though... 

But there is no source for nos Yamaha ICs. They are long gone.
It remains to be seen if Yamaha will fabricate some new ICs, there was some 
talk a few years ago that they might consider doing a run of the later spec 
VCO chips, highly unlikely me thinks, but you never know.. 

I wonder if voice cards could be made that could be drop in replacements 
based on discreet components? Juergen, Scott, Kent any of you guys think 
that could be done? 

Cheers,
Rob. 

> Hey guys, 
> 
> All you CS80 owners who recently had yours in for 'restoration' - did
> any of the techs have to replace any of the IC's..?
> Oscillator, Waveshape Convertor, Filter or VCA etc..?
> Would be interesting to know, do the tech's have a source of these. 
> 
> Thanks.
> TOM 
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> --- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, blchrr@... wrote:
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>> Ill keep my fingers crossed for you.. Im picking up my 80 and
> Synthex this 
>> week back from restoration.. happy days... :)  
>> 
>> > Hi everybody, 
>> > 
>> > I just took my CS80, serial number 1591, to a tech in the
> Netherlands to have it thoruoghly overhauled. He was recommended to me
> by various CS80 owners in The Netherlands, and according to him my CS
> was number 15 in one and a half year´s time (and, as he added to my
> pleasure, the nicest-looking he had ever seen). 
>> > 
>> > Let´s keep all fingers crossed that there are no hidden defects
> which will surface after the obvious ones have been fixed. 
>> > 
>> > Stephen 
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Regards,
Rob Belcher
www.myspace.com/duplx