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Well, I've had a busy month with some family stuff I had to take care of, and unfortunately I haven't had the time to dig into this. But I'm ready to dig into this now that I have some extra time. I am waiting on an adapter to do the tone stacks. Hopefully that will arrive tomorrow. But I was...

Thanks for you patience and for walking me through this. The tech did a full set up. He actually put on new record and playback heads and calibrated and adjusted everything. I'm using the same scotch 207 tape that he used. So the machine is in top shape. This might be the real issue. I know the...

Thanks so much for the detailed response. The process is starting to come into focus now. I was hoping that a bias adjustment would be a stand alone process. But from what I gather now it is something that needs to be dialed in along with hf eq and level. I was really hoping that I could just...

Hi all, I have a question about record bias. I have tried reading about it and I guess I’m having a bit of a hard time grasping how it’s adjusted. Please bear in mind I’m new to all of this. From what I’ve read and understand, record bias on a tape deck is not an exact thing? It seems like...

If it's a cold solder joint I may be sol because I have no way of narrowing that down. It's beyond what I know. I guess it was wishful thinking. I was able to get one song mixed while it was working and now it's back to the weird mono issue. But I wanted to ask, could an issue in the...

So I didn't really want to start badmouthing, but the tech ended having my machine at his for about 2 months. This was after he "resolved" the issue after about a week and half. I kept getting crazy stories about why he couldn't drop it off or I could pick it up. So once he said he would be...

Also I'll have the bottom of my machine open tonight, so if any additional photos are needed of how it's assembled I may be able to assist.

I realized as I sent the last message my issue might be different. On my machine everything is coming up as a mono signal, and if you pan left or right it just gets quieter. Sounds like the issue in this thread might be a bit different. Might have jumped the gun hoping for a resolution because I...

Let us know if you figure this out. I've had a hell of a time trying to solve this same problem on my machine. I switched out almost every card in an attempt to to see if that would help to no avail. I took it to a tech who said he solved it only to find it was not solved. One thing I did not do...

It's been a while since I've posted and I'm still having some issues. I was able to take the machine to a tech. He found a bad transistor on the power supply board that he replaced. This didn't solve the issue. But he did say there was a connector with a loose pin to the monitor pcb. When he...

Do you mean the tan strip that you have to remove to access the monitor pcbs? I took that on and off and even replaced that with one form the parts machine too. Still no luck.

Thanks - that chip was mentioned earlier in the thread. I previously switched the monitor buss B pcb with one from my parts machine, and the issue did not change. I was monitoring through the L/R bus as well as the monitor section, and both had the same results. With a little perseverance I...

Hello all. Thought I'd try to renew this thread. I've been distracted, partly due to the machine itself, and partly focusing on playing more and other life stuff. If anyone had some insight it would be sincerely appreciated. I've looked around for techs in the area and it seems like someone...

Hey, This sounds great. Do you remember anything about what all you used to record it? Mics, pres, etc. It has a really full, open sound. I'd love to get my 388 to sound this good.

Yeah I'm agreement it's unlikely that the chip is faulty in both PCBs. My goal for the summer is to one by one replace the caps on the various PCBs on this machine. When I'm ordering I'll order a backup chip since they are known for going out. So right now I've been more into tracking, which...