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Tascam 414 MKII #30- a difficult one
This 414 was my most involved and possibly most challenging repair to date. In the process, I decided that only the unusual repairs are worth chronicling. There’s not a lot to say about the typical clean and service jobs. This machine was incredibly dirty when I received it, and the tape door was hanging off.…
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Porta 02 MKii
This Porta 02 MKii repair was really fun and something different than I’m used to. The seller said that tracks 2 and 3 didn’t work. I found in my testing that track 2 was very faint and track 3 was non-existent. When I opened up the unit and started checking it out, what I found…
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Tascam Porta 03 Mkii
When I received this machine, it had a blown power transistor. It powered on but the power LED pulsed, and the track LEDs didn’t work. The transport worked somehow though. I replaced the 2SB891 power transistor with a good one from a parts machine. In addition to the blown power transistor, there was a slight…
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Tascam Porta 03
I’ve worked on about a half a dozen Porta 03/ Porta 03 Mkiis this summer. I really like them for some reason. I’m trying to catch up on posts here before I forget which is which. I can’t really tell what differences there are between the Porta 03 and the Porta 03 MKii. Perhaps it’s…
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Tascam 424 MKIII Black
A little over a year ago, a friend from the PedalPCB forum sent me a message saying he had been interested in getting a 424 Mkiii but had never seriously pursued it. He went on to ask if I would be willing to acquire one in decent condition on his behalf, and then go through…
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zoom MRT-3B drum machine
One day while looking for various audio devices, I came across a listing for a Zoom MRT-3B drum machine and it piqued my interest. Demos of it on YouTube are few and far between, and the device dates from the early 2000s. There are a couple videos on YouTube, and I thought the sounds were…
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pedal repair- klirrton oh my goat
This pedal belongs to my friend Ivan from the band Morgue Breath. He had mentioned sending it to me to get repaired, and when I saw Morgue Breath on tour last week, he had the pedal with him. The shaft on the treble pot was busted off and it was just rotating there in free…
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Tascam 424 MKIII
I recently finished this fairly uneventful 424 MKIII refurb. I had acquired it about a year ago, and it had been sitting in a box. It turned out that the basic functions worked fine. It just needed some cleanup, calibration and had some cracked solder joints. During testing, I discovered that the Line Out and…
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