I Dream of Modular Synthesizers

Its True. If you love electronics, especially stuff with a classic old-school look. There is something I love about having to patch in the sounds you want with real cables, not by pushing buttons.

Yamaha DX 7 Key Repair, Part 2

Part 1 here
More progress here (READ FIRST)

It was easier than I thought. Sort of...

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The Red Llama and Other

The Red Llama didn't make it into the Monster Guitar. OK. I have all of the parts to build it though, so I think I will build it. I'm not sure why it didn't work, but then again, I hardly expect anything I build to work on the first try. I just wanted the guitar to play. It shouldn't be too hard to figure out why it didn't work, its just a matter of sitting down with my DMM and prodding bits until I accidentally make it work.

I don't have an enclosure for it though, just a cheap Radio Shack metal box thing (otherwise known as a project enclosure, if you want to use real, big people phrases). It shall live there for now, maybe one day I'll but it a real enclosure. It will have to work first. the plan is to do this tomorrow. Or tonight, I dunno.

I also plan on swapping the middle humbucker in the Monster Guitar with a spare one I have hangin' about the apartment. Cause I want to. And its better.

Yamaha DX7 Key Repair, Part 1.75

Just bought: Key from the eBay place.

Unsure how to specify if I want a black or one of the many white keys...maybe he'll email me?

Anyway, if all goes well, I will have a new key soon. Soonish. Then I dive into the repair. Perhaps over the Thanx-Givin weekend.

EDIT (11/16): Emiled the guy and got black-key confirmation! Get excited!

And the Tubes

Pictures

Um...Pictures!

First, the Kaoss Guitar:




The five control knobs, hold button (red), and the bypass switch.



Single humbucker. Probably the only non-complicated thing about this guitar.



X-Y pad.



Output for the X-Y pad and the Hold button.

Then, the Monster Guitar:

Notice the "beat to crap" look of the guitar.

Master Volume knob, 5-way switch.

Left to right: Danelectro Lipstick - Humbucker - Tele Bridge.