In this video we have a little look around and make a repair to a Rhodes Suitcase Mk I Electric piano. Since it was without the speaker cabinet, I built a standalone power supply to power the pre-amp and interface the piano to an external amp. However, the piano’s vibrato isn’t working, so we pull the pre-amp, repair the problem, and service the pre-amp to improve long term reliability.
Month: September 2019
Attempting to Re-Silkscreen a Vintage ARP Odyssey – Synthchaser #122
I bought several broken ARP Odysseys, and as is common with the Black & Gold ARPs, a number of them had heavy wear to the gold lettering on the panel. After meticulously restoring the electronics of this one, I decided to risk it all to see if I could successfully re-silkscreen the panel graphics myself. The result wasn’t impressive. Though it made usable again a synth that was otherwise unusable since you didn’t know what slider did what.
