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Acoustic-electric preamp/under saddle pickup issue

I'm thinking this is a fairly common issue, but I don't have the experience to confidently fix it while feeling certain I won't do any damage to the setup that I'm using. I have a brand new ...
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Vintage Marantz 2285 receiver [closed]

First off I'm not sure if this is the right exchange site for this question, but ill try anyways. I recently found a Vintage Marantz 2285 receiver, I plugged it up and it turns on and all, but no ...
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DIY electronics repair, how to find what part I need

I bought a Korg EMX-1 on Ebay and it arrived with a slider snapped off. I'd like to fix this as cheaply as possible, and that starts with finding the replacement part, and maybe some guides to doing ...
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How to remove keys on a Roland XP-80?

(I saw similar questions answered here, so I'm posting this one. If it's off-topic, please accept my apologies.) Two keys are broken on a Roland XP-80 keyboard I play. I can see that the plastic is ...
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How do I a fix broken key on my keyboard?

I have a key on my Roland D-20 keyboard that doesn't work and don't know if I should fix it myself or have someone else do it who knows how. What is involved in fixing a key?
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M-Audio BX5a just died?

A little less than a year ago, I picked up a pair of BX5a's cheap off eBay. They've worked just great up until about five minutes ago. I was working on a minimal techno track with pretty heavy bass ...
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Can opening closed speaker cabinets for service affect the sound?

I have two pairs of speakers that could do with opening them up to investigate problems--one decades-old set of Celestion hi-fi speakers that has developed a rattle, the other a set of M-Audio ...
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How do I fix my keyboard pedal?

If I plug in my pedal and I hit a key, it will hold the note without my foot on the pedal. How do I fix this?
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Pop Filter Repair

My children have ripped my pop filter, and I was wondering if I could repair it myself on the cheap. It looks like I would just need to stretch a new piece of material over the plastic hoop and glue ...
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How do you replace a broken volume pot?

I have an old Crown D-75 amplifier that I acquired a while back and it works like a beaut except one of the volume pots is toast. The pot has 2 different numbers stamped on it, both of which yield no ...
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Scratchy volume pot

I have an old Crown D-75 amplifier that I acquired a while back and it works like a beaut except one issue. When I turn the pots on the volume control it creates a scratchy sound. Is this something ...
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Amplifier Circuitry

I have in my bench a couple of BlueSky satellites (Mk1 of their pm3 THX certified series) that constantly blow BOTH transistors :S. I'm not really sure how to even start looking for the problem ...