it's done. i scavenged a few IR chips out of a Juno 6. the rest of the parts needed-a couple IC's, diodes, sockets-i all had laying around. i had some leftover black walnut from another project; it was enough to knock up the end cheeks. kenton midi got installed. recapped the PSU. thoroughly cleaned the interior and exterior. replaced one key that had a cigarette burn.
all told, i spent right around $600 on it, and maybe 5-10 hours of work on it, i'm guessing. another one un-bites the dust.
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Well done. These deserve to be brought back time and again. I remember seeing one with flood damage that was beyond hope, but usually they bounce back pretty quickly. Wood end cheeks instead of the normal aluminum kinda goes better with the brownish hue of the standard paint job. I guess you still need to endure that lengthy calibration?
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ha-yea, i got it in tune and then just put it in studio to play. there's a few slight voice discrepancies, but they only appear and go on certain patches.
and yes, i took the shots the RIGHT way up-in preview it looks fine. i blame tinypic.
Solid work. I'll take you at your word that your soldering expertise doesn't happen to look like someone had a seizure while holding a flamethrower, but it sure looks like you pulled that one from the brink. The endcaps look stellar, as does the cleaned up board.
Also, nice rug. Ties the room together.
When will invites to test-drive (the synth) be sent out?
i tried to hard to acquire this... this* specific unit... in philly... my land... somehow i missed it - but i'm glad to see it being cared for - good work!
Lovely, but I can´t really warm up to the wooden end cheeks. I found them ugly on the Juno, and the JP´s sleek look was mainly owed to the aluminium cheeks.
But what do I know. Lovely synth!
Stephen
"Like the light from distant stars, Stephen Parsick's music has existed for some time, but is only now reaching us on Earth." Chuck van Zyl