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Taking the tascam to Protech repair shop in Maryland today -- will keep you all posted on what my issue was!

Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks again for your help. I think at this point it's time I take it into a local tech shop to fix. There could be so much wrong and I don't want to break it further in the process. I'll keep you all posted on what the issue is, once it's fixed, to hopefully help...

Hey @sweetbeats -- sorry to bug you but any ideas for next best move to identify the problem?

Hey Sweetbeats -- finally had time to try this all out today. I put various videos in a folder here so you can hear what I'm describing, and so you can dummy proof some things I'm explaining, if you have the time. Here's that folder, with below videos labeled in red...

You're the best! Got it and this is great. Back ASAP, likely early next week. Thanks Sweetbeats!

OK! Will try this out over the weekend. Maybe a dumb question but everywhere I look I can't see any pictures of what the card actually is and where to grab it from? It's visible from the top of the machine, correct? I marked up the previous picture here. Is the red arrow pointing to what I'm...

Hmm interesting. OK, good idea. I've never had the amp cards out, no. But I only got the tascam in 2016, so it could have been done in the past without my knowing. Do you mind linking me a good thread on how to do this? I'll buy some DeoxIT D5 now. And do you think if the amp cards have never...

Sweetbeats -- not sure what I'd do without you. Probably give up on the tascam entirely... appreciate your continued support and help. So, when monitoring in tracks 1-8, all levels sounds great -- in headphones, or in my studio monitors connected through the outs. It sounds like I have a clear...

Hey all (and Sweetbeats, hero of analog advice on homerecording.com) Once again returning to humbly ask for some advice on a Tascam 388 issue. First, Sweetbeats, I feel bad for not following up on that other static issue I had that comes and goes -- it's not bleeding on the tracks so I'm not...

Sweetbeats is a tascam god! Thanks again for all the help sweetbeats, still very grateful for you as a resource. And BMG123 here's the oil I used too: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008QNQ2VE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 I actually ran into another tascam issue recently...

Yup you got it! Black washer was rubber, popped right off with a little encouragement. Perfectly said. When I pulled the capstan shaft / flywheel out from the machine upside down I actually saw it on the table under the tascam when I flipped it over.

Hey Sweetbeats, it worked! Thanks for your patience. This is the first time I've ever "operated" on any sort of machine, and thanks to you, it's now working. To make the solution super easy for any one else experiencing this: I lightly oiled the capstan shaft and cleaned the bronze with a qtip...

Well, tonight a small miracle happened. I was about to tighten the capstan bracket back on to flip the machine over safely, and gave the flywheel once last little tug just to be sure I wasn’t crazy and it popped right off! Maybe it was the change in temperature, maybe it was a few drinks that...

OK! I'll flip it back over tonight or tomorrow and get better photos or video of the capstan rubber and the issue of trying to slide it up. I recall that it felt like the capstan shaft got bigger above where the rubber circle was, so pulling / sliding it up is not possible because the inner...

On the contrary, you've been extremely patient with me and helping for 2+ weeks and counting. In your debt! I sound like a broken record here, but I do really appreciate it! And getting to know the tascam 388 on the inside is exciting. It also seems this issue happens a bit frequently to other...

Also, worth noting, I also posted on Reddit for some answers before we spoke, and someone said they had the same issue and took it to a shop that fixed it by doing this: " I took my 388 to Trevor at Arcane Amps in Portland and he said “It was the full reset and recalibration of the transport...

Thank you again for your continued help, transparency, and patience. I'll go in order of your responses and in red for my response. "Were you able to slide the black washer up, or are you saying you applied oil to the joint between the black washer and the bronze bushing? The goal is to get the...

Well, Sweetbeats, it continues. I appreciate all your help. I finally had the time today to try to apply the oil. I tried using oil at the base of the capstan under it's little rubber stopper and it didn't change the outcome. Here are photos of where I applied the oil on the capstan (keep in...

Hey Sweetbeats, Thanks so much for this. I really, really, appreciate your insight and advice. I bought this oil (ebay link) which I read on reddit is the right oil for the Tascam 388. Does that look right to you? And your right, I took the tape off and the capstan stopped spinning. But it is...

Yeah it does. Kinda goes randomly on and off, but once it starts it doesn't go away. Here's a photo of the exact piece making the noise. Thanks so much for your help. Is this a cleaning / needing oil issue? I've never oiled before.. This silver thing is spinning always once the tascam is on...