Wow, I like the looks of that Rhodes spookyman. Love that heavy gold metal flake. You did a great job. It's very retro, like it came through a time warp right outta 1973, lol. I hope the SH-1000 turns out that nice . Here's what I've done so far: Stripped her down, cleaned all switches, contacts et...

That Juno looks great. I like the white look. I get what you're saying, I basically have a clean slate to work with. I could do almost anything to this synth and it would look better.

These demos are cool:

Jabberwalky wrote:That kinda seems fun honestly. Am I weird? I bought a pro-one in condition close to that (except plastic can't rust) and I had a blast actually making it look good again.

Saving vintage gear feels good .
It'll be taken care of in my hands.
It's the good Karma of recycling.

Here's some stuff you might need, including to add midi to the SH-1000: http://users.rio.com/senorris/junk/sh1000/ http://www.synhouse.com/SH-1000-Notes/SH-1000-Photos.html http://www.synhouse.com/SH-1000-Notes/SH-1000-Notes.html Useful link while fixing synth: http://cu.imt.net/~sounddoctorin/synt...

I bought the Ratty Roland SH-1000 for $65 off eBay last week. It arrived very poorly packaged. ( Rule #1, never pack 'any' synth in foam peanuts, it causes damage, and leaves a mess.) Some key bridges got damaged. I found the pieces in the box after I removed all of those foam peanuts. I Super Glued...

Edgar Winter's Frankenstein filter sweep. I was 6 years old when I first heard it on 8 track. http://www.edgarwinter.com/images/photos/photo1.jpg I can blame Jeff Lynn and Rick Tandy for liking synths too.. http://www.multinet.no/~jonarne/Hjemmesia/Favorittartister/electric_light_orchestra/electric...

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