Page 1 of 1
101 go's BWWWUUURRR !!!
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:44 pm
by thee
Anyone here in London,know of a cheap and reliable repairer ,for my Roland
SH101. the slider for the filter mod ,don't work-some of the knobs need replacing also.
Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 8:32 pm
by two oh one
http://www.synth-service.co.uk/
I don't know about them price-wise, but you could check them out. It sounds like a fairly straightforward thing if it's just components need replacing.
Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:57 pm
by thee
Thanks for the advice,although these guys aint cheap ,surprisingly there isnt many repair places here ,in London
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 1:57 pm
by ekstrak
I had problems with my beloved 101 recently too so i took it apart, cleaned all the pots with some spirit, re-souldered a couple of the more skanky, jammed-up looking joins (probably unnecessary but i love that shit) and then put it all back together. It now works like a charm and looks the nuts too as i took the opportunity to freshen up the case too. i definately recommend you do this before paying someone. Just make sure its unplugged !
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 2:10 pm
by sully_shanks
how do ya clean pots exctly?
have a 303 clone with scratchy filter cut (whats the point in a 303 when ya cant tweak that!). havent dared get the screwdriver out yet tho...
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:23 pm
by two oh one
sully_shanks wrote:how do ya clean pots exctly?
have a 303 clone with scratchy filter cut (whats the point in a 303 when ya cant tweak that!). havent dared get the screwdriver out yet tho...
There is NO POINT to it if you can't tweak that filter!
Damn, these places do charge an arm and a leg to fix your stuff. There are so few of them around these days, too. If you can fix it all yourself, that would be great.
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:26 pm
by thee
thanks for the advice ,I did venture to open the case,but transistors and things ....y'know.
BTW <i used to kik around E3, maybe you was unlucky enough to bump into me
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:25 am
by metalboxproducts
ekstrak wrote:I had problems with my beloved 101 recently too so i took it apart, cleaned all the pots with some spirit, re-souldered a couple of the more skanky, jammed-up looking joins (probably unnecessary but i love that shit) and then put it all back together. It now works like a charm and looks the nuts too as i took the opportunity to freshen up the case too. i definately recommend you do this before paying someone. Just make sure its unplugged !
Yes the first thing i thought was go and buy some pot cleaner and spray the sliders and pots. It this doesn't work then the next step would be repair
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:34 am
by metalboxproducts
two oh one wrote:sully_shanks wrote:how do ya clean pots exctly?
have a 303 clone with scratchy filter cut (whats the point in a 303 when ya cant tweak that!). havent dared get the screwdriver out yet tho...
There is NO POINT to it if you can't tweak that filter!
Damn, these places do charge an arm and a leg to fix your stuff. There are so few of them around these days, too. If you can fix it all yourself, that would be great.
There are loads of guides on the net that tell you how to fix old synths. It just a matter of having the balls to do it. BTW what you need if you want to clean sliders/faders/pots is this stuff
http://www.cybermarket.co.uk/ishop/923/shopscr1655.html
It what i use
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:36 pm
by Citrus Boy
yeah I was gonna say use the super 10 spray stuff.
It's suprising how many peeps think that you should use wd40 or alcohol based stuff to clean pots and faders.
DON'T USE WD40!! It'll murder your machine.
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 4:01 pm
by metalboxproducts
Borg wrote:yeah I was gonna say use the super 10 spray stuff.
It's suprising how many peeps think that you should use wd40 or alcohol based stuff to clean pots and faders.
DON'T USE WD40!! It'll murder your machine.
Yeah really DON'T USE WMD'S ON YOUR SYNTHS. LOL
