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Topic: Korg AT-12 repair? |
David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 18 Feb 2003 10:19 am |
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Hey guys, I've got a Korg AT-12 that started acting flaky on me a year or so ago. I went to a Korg GT-12, but, I liked the AT-12 better. The problem is, not all of the note indicator LED's work and sometime it just turns off.
thanks
David
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 18 Feb 2003 10:55 am
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OK, well I got adventurous and started poking around inside the tuner myself. It seems that the little LED panel may have a broken trace somewhere. I know this was probably a stupid thing to do, but, I tried flexing the LED panel just a little bit and all of the LED's started working. The traces on this thing are so small, I can't even tell which one it may be. Does anyone know where I might be able to get this part?
Thanks
David
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Bill Crook
From:
Goodlettsville, TN , Spending my kid's inheritance
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Posted 18 Feb 2003 11:31 am
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David.....
If you will send it to me(pre-paid both directions), I will fix it for you.
Based upon your discription,you are right. A broken trace seems to be your problem.
Sometimes tho,The cost of sending a unit somewhere is more than the cost of a replacement item. Tuners are somewhat small in cost to replace.
E-mail me if you decide to send the unit to me. My e-mail address is:
crookwf@comcast.net
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John Russell
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 18 Feb 2003 6:34 pm
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Bill:
Can you fix my 1978 vintage Korg WT-12?
I've been hanging onto it even though I have two other pretty good tuners. I loved the accuracy of the WT-12 and the octave select feature. (I don't know what's wrong with it. It just won't work anymore--batteries aren't the problem.)
E-mail me at jrussel7@austin.rr.com.
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 18 Feb 2003 7:30 pm
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Thanks Bill, I've got the part ordered from Parts & Parts. Since I'm not a Korg dealer or authorized service center, that's who Korg referred me to to get it fixed. I should be able to replace that OK. I desoldered it to get the part number off the under side and I put it back in and it still works. Hopefully my luck will be as good when I get the new part!
Thanks again!
David |
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Bill Crook
From:
Goodlettsville, TN , Spending my kid's inheritance
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Posted 19 Feb 2003 6:23 am
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John Russel.....
I attempted to send you a e-mail but your address was re-jected by my ISP.
Please e-mail me personally at :
crookwf@comcast.net
Thanks,
Bill
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David Mullis
From:
Rock Hill, SC
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Posted 21 Feb 2003 3:35 pm
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It's fixed, at least I think so. I haven't tried it out yet, but I did install the new LED panel and all of the lights work now. The problem with it just turning off ended up being the tabs for the batteries. I guess over time they lost some of their springiness (is that even a word???  ) Anyway, I bent them out just a bit and for now it that has cured the problem. I wonder how hard it would be to replace those little tabs with actual springs like you see in most battery compartments? |
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