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I live in a major metropolitan area (Chicago).
My very local music store has a repair backlog so big that they have gear waiting to repair all over the sales floor.
The more well-known repair place in the city has 3 stars from Yelp, but it's all either 5 stars or 1 star. I did use them a decade ago and got burned.
So I've resigned myself to having to ship my Micro Q and just trust someone in a faraway land.
Can any of you recommend a reliable, fast, and trustworthy repair shop anywhere in the US for a rack synth? Someone you've dealt with personally? I'm willing to pay...I'm not a lowballer...just want honesty.
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What's wrong with it? Last week the number keyboard on my microwave stopped working. It's old, so I figured I'd need to get a new microwave. But I unscrewed the keyboard assembly, unseated the connectors, re-seated the connectors, and it's been working ever since. It may be something as simple as dealing with the connectors to remove oxidation.
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Excessive noise in the outputs. This is a known problem with Waldorf Micro Qs. I’ve opened it up and messed with it before, and I’m loathe to spend more money on it, but I hate the thought of it sitting unused.
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Check this out ... lasynthco.com
Ok, this is my son’s shop. He was head keyboard repair for Roland for 7 years and then they assigned him to fix their vintage stuff that they no longer made parts for. Eventually he left left Roland and opened this specialty shop to fix the unfixable and now manufactures previously unattainable parts for vintage synths as well.
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Check this out ... lasynthco.com
Ok, this is my son’s shop. He was head keyboard repair for Roland for 7 years and then they assigned him to fix their vintage stuff that they no longer made parts for. Eventually he left left Roland and opened this specialty shop to fix the unfixable and now manufactures previously unattainable parts for vintage synths as well. Contacting now. Thank you!
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Check this out ... lasynthco.com
Ok, this is my son’s shop. He was head keyboard repair for Roland for 7 years and then they assigned him to fix their vintage stuff that they no longer made parts for. Eventually he left left Roland and opened this specialty shop to fix the unfixable and now manufactures previously unattainable parts for vintage synths as well. Contacting now. Thank you! Doesn't work on Waldorfs, but I appreciated the quick response. Thank you. Anyone with other reccomendations, I'd be grateful.
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Here in Austin is a retail synth shop that sells and services tons of vintage to modern units. I had them work on some stuff - seemed honest. Can't hurt to email them and see what they say - switchedonaustin@gmail.com Here's a link to their website - Switched On Austinnat
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 haven't used them myself but I have heard/seen nothing but good things about switched on austin
A reason why I collect old keyboards is that I feel partly responsible for doing it, responsible for preserving history and being a custodian for these things
Plus, old gear has a story. I like that.
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Got a quick response from them, and he even suggested things for me to try myself before sending it. Thanks much. (LA Synth Co also recommended them).
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