RE: EDP Repair/Midi Mouse

["Clifford Novey" <clifsound@mediaone.net>]

I live in LA and almost sent my unit to them- I had been having a strange
loop degeneration problem and they made quite a few suggestions but
certainly did not seem eager to have me bring it in- I was a bit perturbed
by their attitude and having seen their shop was slightly concerned- very
messy- but now we all know we should not judge books by their covers-they
have been in buisness a long time and might be awesome but I have little
experience there-  I really can't say how competent they are- but they did
save my old Tascam Porta One once b/c they had a replacement drive belt in
stock! Wheeee! ;)They are located at 12041 Burbank Blvd. N. Hollywood, Ca
(818)-506-8742.
==Anyone here use a Tech 21 Midi Mouse? I would like to experiment with 
midi
control of my Jam Man but I don't want to spend much money- Tech makes good
stuff and the midi mouse is pretty inexpensive-

Cliff

-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Card [mailto:stanitarium@earthlink.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 12:13 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
Subject: Re: EDP Repair


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

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>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.
>
>