Joyo
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Hello, I’m a newbie to reel to reel recording and have just made the switch from portastudios to a Tascam 38. I read in the manual not to let the tape go too close to the heads when using the Cue Lever however whenever I press play or record the tape jumps up and the lever becomes useless. I’m not sure if it’s supposed to do this but from what I read in the manual it says that it can accelerate the head wear, which I don’t want. It also has this issue where at certain parts of the tape theres a screeching sound (not feedback) however this only appears on track2. It’s a preowned tape but I was told it was blank, unless the previous owner was recording a noise album on track 2 I’m not sure what could cause this. Could they be linked?Does anyone know of this problem and how I could go about fixing it. Thanks
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