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Hey, when I needed some work done on my EDP I got ahold of these guys in N. Hollywood at a place called MUSIC-TEK @ 818 506 4055. This was a coupla' years ago and by the way I ended up fixing my unit so I never used them, but they seemed eager to help.Anybody know about these guys?...STANNER ---------- >From: "Doug Lawrence" <douglas-lawrence@home.com> >To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> >Subject: RE: EDP Repair >Date: Fri, Nov 26, 1999, 4:42 PM > > I've spoken to Mike Ayers on the repair topic several times and he > recommends only two shops for repairs. The one I've used is ... > > Triple S > 261 Broad Street > Belleville, NJ 07003 > (973)751-0481 > > The other one is one the West coast and I don't have any information on >it. > I had an EDP that has been at Triple S in New Jersey for over 4 months >for > repairs. This was the second time I had it in and they couldn't fix it >this > time. I know they have successfully repaired other EDP's, so they may be > worth a try. I would give them a call. > > When I spoke to Mike several weeks ago, he said Gibson is ~not~ accepting > EDP's for repairs. Mike Ayers said they are going to work with the >people at > Trace Elliot as to when they are going to start performing repairs, but >it's > not right now. Apparently, the "guy" that they had at Gibson who was the >ace > repairman left the company and they need to get someone trained. > Unfortunately, your options are somewhat limited until they get back into > production. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@annihilist.com] > Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 5:48 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com > Subject: Re: loops/Y2K/Leibniz/Zeno/Imhotep > > Sorry, I didn't have time to reply to you before, no need to get >irritable. >>From your previous post, I would say replace the fuse first, same as > Travis suggested. Did you actually replace it, or did you just look at >it? > Sometimes fuses blow in ways that are hard to see, and you have to look > pretty hard to tell if it burned through or not. Easy to just replace it, > then make sure the replacement has not blown too. (some people have had > trouble getting poor quality fuses at radio shack or whereever that blew > immediately in the echoplex. You may want to go up a size if you go >there.) > If the fuse keeps blowing, there may really be a short or something, in > which case you should have a tech look at it. > > did you try calling Mike Ayers at Gibson Customer service? His number is > 800-777-0795 x382 or (615) 871-4500 x382. or his mail is >mayers@gibson.com. > Usually he is very responsive and can provide you with info on getting > repairs done. In fact, if you contact any of the customer service people > there they are usually quite responsive and go find the answer you need. > They'll often go so far as to contact people like me with questions from > users if they are not sure of the best answer. I think they do a pretty > good job. (they might be on thanksgiving holiday today, though.) > > and honestly, I'm just amazed sometimes at how people forget the simple > idea of picking up their telephone and calling the people employed to >help. > Instead they'll spend lots of time writing panicky messages to internet > discussion lists, when the best resources are right there waiting for >them? > use your phone! > > kim > > > At 11:49 AM -0800 11/26/99, BByLng734@aol.com wrote: >> Sorry to disappoint, but here is a mundanely on-topic post - I think >a >>sharing of leads to competent and punctual technicians/shops who repair > EDPs >>would be beneficial to the majority of the readership. My Echolplex is >in >>need of repair and I am reluctant to trust it to a general "tinkerer" in >a >>local shop. I would send it anywhere good work is known to be done on >such >>pieces. > >