I was fortunate to make friends with a Dance Band Leader, Ken Mackintosh. He resurrected my love for playing the Alto Sax. He showed me how to play properly and then allowed me to play lead Alto in ...
Here is a WEM copycat, dating to the mid '70s. Shame it is not the original machine from 1960s. Lots of small things wrong, all managed to be sorted out. The only issue really is now the S/N ratio. I ...
Yes I know, what am I doing wasting my working hours on a little tape recorder. I guess it's a bit like someone seeing a puppy by the roadside and thinking, I cannot leave that there.A quick power ...
I do a lot of work with other engineers, an example being Colin Baldwin of Cool Solutions. In this climate, it is very common to see electronic gear damaged by illegal occupants. this is a classic ...
sadly, we don't have to use this too much these days. The odd old TV comes in from time to time, sometimes donated by a nice customers. There have been times when I have been offered a large non ...
Specialising in vintage valve equipment restoration, where would we be without the trusted industry standard valve tester? I bought this in the early '8os for about £30 if I remember. If I had to ...
This machine belongs to a great musician living here in Spain, Rob Neild. Although the machine powered up, no transport operation was present. Looking at the main board, there had been a small ...
Nice machines and very desired. I use one as part of my HiFi system. This machine came in having not been used for several years. The pinch roller was the most obvious fault. One of the green ones, ...
Dating back to the 70s. Mechanical faults, processor board interconnection problems, power supply and EPROMs having lost their memory. A big struggle to get working correctly. At least we had fun in ...
