Recent content by RFR

The machine needs to eat. What is its food? Content. :D Same as with a forum, this, or any other forum. It needs content. So you’ll get the occasional (or not so occasional) stupid posts. Mine included. :D

Replying is usually the polite thing to do.

Need to periodically do the steel wool. Over time your hand will polish up the finish again.

Think back to how you took it apart. Re-assembly is usually the exact reverse of disassembly. For the future…… Always take pictures of the disassembly steps. It’s so damn easy in this day and age where everyone has a smart phone. As to your current predicament, sorry, I’m of no help. I’m not...

Maybe so…. A PITA, but lots of valuable info there. :thumbs up:

A short 1/4 inch patch cable will tell the tale. Patch it in, and if it passes signal you need jumpers.

Those plastic bodied jacks look suspect to me. Never seen those on any early tascam product. I wonder if they are even properly grounded to the chassis. Edit. Ps. As @sweetbeats said, unless they are normaled, you need jumpers.

This is a must buy at almost any price if you own that desk.

Cut it shorter to remove the damaged area and resolder it……..or…… throw it away.

So you're saying the original poster is deceased? Sad.

I like that tune!

Guitarists brains are indeed very…….eh, finish the sentence as you wish. :D

Positions 2 and 4 would sound different just because the lack of single coil hum. Then when you switch to the other positions the SC hum returns. That’s kind of weird. But you get used to it.

Donald Trump designed it. He likes gold :D Seriously, I don’t know exactly why gold was picked as a color choice. But it would show up well on black and white TV. Along the lines of Fender’s butterscotch finish on Tele’s. And later Gibson’s “TV” yellow. But it is my understanding that paint...