Category: vintage

Cyndi Lauper’s “Time after Time” is about Time Travel

I’m on the 40th or 50ths loop of Cyndi Lauper’s seminal 80s hit, Time after Time, when the tears start. Maybe it’s because it is Sunday night, or that my meds are off, or that it is winter and the short days aren’t good for me. But it feels...

BATTLE: RECONE

BATTLE: RECONE BABY ADVENTS Time spent: 1 hour +10 Functionality: +10 Quality of repair: +10 Unique Challenges: Cat pissing on speaker grill while speaker was stacked out side. Grills discarded.  -10 TOTAL SCORE: Serene  ...

Fairchild 440 Turntable Part 3

Cont from Fairchild 440 Turntable Part 1 & 2 / 3 So I was left with a few problems that need fixing. Tonearm rewire Get new bearing ( 3/8 inch … NOT 1/4 ) Adjust height of TT Platter Motor not spinning up quickly I wish I had video’d...

Fairchild 440 Turntable Part 1 & 2 / 3

I picked this up at an auction to flip, but when I got it home, it was just so luscious… I really don’t want to get rid of it. Regardless of what I decide though – it needs some fixing up and basic care. There are two major problems...

Battle: Keyboard. [Roland 77 Keyboard Repair/restore]

Battle: Keyboard Setup: 8 Roland 77 Digital Pianos. Purchased at auction. Were previously teaching pianos. Were left in sun and many melted. I was an idiot and did not inspect these before bidding. I thought they were high end Roland’s which could fetch $500 each. Off by a factor...

Straighten bass guitar neck

Nope, I don’t play the bass, but I picked one up as part of a deal. Opportunity: l2Fix bowed neck. I started with this video, showing how to straighten the truss rod on a vintage guitar. This one has a slight up-bow ( towards the strings ). This appears...

RE256 Part II: The Searching Continues

Continued from Part 1 SCANLINES Modern monitors have a much higher refresh rate than in the old days, by a factor of 10. What I needed was something that could handle 15hz ( or so – I didn’t know the exact refresh rate, since technical manuals are hard to...