I bought this from gettoman, when he sold it on ebay.
Very cool having one that was featured in Breakin'
Paul told me it had done the rounds with a few members, has some faults I guess others couldn't sort out
Had a look tonight as the Bass And Treble controls don't work at all, the alarm does nothing either, might need some help on that
Anyway the Bass/Treble control fault turns out to be badly designed alps pots, they have a raised edge inside and it's cut through the tracks. did a search for replacements and found this site about Roland equipment with same trouble
http://www.firstpr.com.au/rwi/dfish/pot-wear/So I just bought some wire glue to repair them, would like to replace if I could get some.
I've also just noticed the cassette door is the same as a GF-777 and is the handle the same too?
That was my ex conion...i sold it to ghettoman...it had the same fault wich i diddnt dare to have a go at...as the conion looked way to over engineered for me to try...good luck with it and PLEASE let us know how you get on..thanks..R.R
will do mate, hope i get the wire glue tomorrow to repair the pots, cant wait to hear it with some bass n treble on
Good luck mate...i cant wait to see the outcome....I origionally bought the conion from manlytronix....like i say good luck all the way my friend....altho it's not my conion anymore im exited for you....I actually took it to a repair outfit and the guy swore he had an expert look at it but I somehow doubt this now as they diddnt find the fault like you have...and want for a better expression im sure your no expert but your better than the cowboys I took it to
I've always liked taking things apart and trying to fix them, I started working at a TV/Video repair place, not that they taught us much, apart from stock taking in the warehouse and other crap they could make us do on slave labor YTS poxy wages
I can tell you, out of all the so called engineers, probably about 20+ there was only about 3 that I would call expert engineers, and that was Granada TV Rental. I've done bits of everything, mastered non though
So you have no chance taking equipment like this and getting repair, I wouldn't trust my stuff in many people's hands for sure, if I can't fix it thats it, stays as it is. sites like this help though, there are some very knowledgeable people on the internet, far far cleverer than me and I would praise some of these for sure
Still didn't get my Wire Glue yet, suppost to be immediate dispatches on ebay, hope it's here this morning
Ha ha Yts as i think we all used to call it the yob training sceme...Those were the days man..what was it a full weeks work for £10 extra or something like that....in these days I think they would call it slave labour lol but I did 2 yrs plus extra as a cheese maker for some good people...to be honest I only stayed there so long because I fancied a lass that worked there something rotten
Yes
I repaired the bass pot with some silver conductive paint, took the treble pot out but that one was fine, so put it together and bass/treble now work fine
How it was it had zero bass/treble, the sound quality on this box is quite nice and twin amps it's certainly loud, same twin amps that drive the GF-777 but bridged driving single speakers. Always liked it when I first seen Breakin' movie
To have had one when at school must of been amazing, or any big box for that matter.
