Roland Chorus Echo RE-310
Roland Chorus Echo RE-301Have a soft spot for these. All nice and analogue. Had a few of these in over the last 10 years. Fetch a high price on ebay and so on. Well made. A hark back to Charley ...
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Valve pin straightener B9A
Valve Pin straightener die B9AThis is an invaluable tool to straighten up valve pins. It is aimed at restorers and valve enthusiasts alike. It is hard to re-align valve pins with pliers etc, without ...
The G.P.O. Speaking clock, at the 3rd stroke…
At the Third stroke…..The speaking clock! Digame, ¿que hora es?Some time ago, I wrote about a chap called Mr. Strowger, inventor of the automatic telephone exchange. He set the way to enable us to ...
Allen and Heath mixing desk ZED16FX
Allen and Heath ZED16FX mixing desk – with a moral of the story. Like most engineers, when we get a mixing desk in, our hearts sink. Given the nature of most of the budget desks, such as Behringer ...
ANRITSU MS62B Spectrum Analyzer
This Anritsu MS62B came along with various other test gear as part of a sort of barn find. Spent a bit of time working my way through the power supply front end as it seemed to be dead. Should have ...
Is there anyone out there?
Anyone out there?? Well, it’s a nice comforting thought to have, isn’t it? There may be other civilizations around, bit like ourselves, bickering with each other, playing jazz and watching their ...
DUAL 1228 Turn Table
This nice turntable came in with a report of not working.Quick power up showed supply was getting to the motor, drawing about 10 watts and the Neon speed lamp was on. Removal of the turntable showed ...
Reader’s Digest Record Player
Reader’s Digest Record PlayerWell this was an unusual item to drop on the bench the other day. I remember seeing these years ago, late ‘60s I guess, but never had one to play with. Sort of suite case ...
Akai X-1800SD
Have a customer who loves his reel to reels. A few weeks ago, he bought in a Bang and Olufsen Beocord and I reached for the razor blade box. However today was a little more kind to me and we had a ...
120 Watt home brew FM transmitter repair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIBYS-lK764Today’s little task was to repair a 120 Watt FM 88-108 Mhz test transmitter. Home brew box using some odd modules and little buck power supplies etc. The ...
Delia Derbyshire, Electronic music composer
Delia Derbyshire – Queen of the BBC Radiophonic workshopWho is this young lady I hear you ask. Well, if you have heard the theme tune to Dr. Who, then, that was she! A very talented woman and a ...
Cleaning a record with glue!
Cleaning a record with PVA glue!Well I have seen this done before, so I thought that it would be a good idea to have a play myself.The sacrificial record was a well used and abused 7” 45 rpm. I had ...