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Well, maybe clean it in such a way next time to try and assess if there is more accumulation at the top and bottom, or edges, of the contact band.

I made a mistake…forgot the 38 has a belt drive capstan. I corrected my incorrect statement in my earlier post but wanted to flag the error and correction here. So when you clean the capstan shaft, is most of the residue at the edges of the band where the tape contacts, or is it evenly...

Even some Otari models had dissimilar record and reproduce heads into the 1980s. The MX5050 series is that way, at least the 1/2” 8-track. My Ampex MM-1000 and 3M half track, being from the late 1960s, are definitely that way. It changes in the 1980s primarily.

The lifters are right there in all three pics. One is between the erase and record heads and the other is between the record and reproduce heads. The pics are blurry but it looks like lower than average wear. There’s no way to know without actual evaluation of the heads by a professional, but if...

That’s the capstan shaft. It’s what actually drives the tape in PLAY or REC-PLAY mode. The pinch roller drives nothing. It is a passive idler that presses or “pinches” the tape to the capstan shaft. The pinch roller is rubber so that, with pressure, it deforms slightly against the capstan shaft...

The flywheel is under the capstan on a belt driven system, but tape doesn’t touch the flywheel anyway. So what part of the tape path are you calling the flywheel? Maybe post a pic?

Totally agree with all this, though just to note the 38 has identical record and reproduce heads. By the early 1980s head construction tech had advanced to the point heads could have the same gap between record and reproduce heads, and the gap length was a compromise, but the laminations were so...

Tape heads last longer than most people realize. This, of course, depends on the material used to manufacture a particular head (ferrite or glass heads last longer than metal types), the type of machine (later generation machines with more sophisticated full servo tension transports have the...

Thanks for all that info. I think you know more about the system than I do. And yeah I’d ultimately want to replace the non-polar parts on the servo board, but if it’s working it’s working; those caps C12 and C14 filter the power to the motor coils. There is still a thrust bearing on the...

Thanks for the additional info. So you didn’t disassemble, clean and relubricate the reel table drive mechanism? I have no idea where the noise is coming from…if it was me I’d be getting out a mechanic’s stethoscope or even using something like a chopstick to my ear and probe around to narrow...

I’m assuming it is female sockets, yes?

That’s awesome. Congrats. Can you confirm for me if the connector on the back of the console is male pin or female socket though so I can put the parts links here in case anybody else needs the info?

That’s an MA-XG shell loaded with TDK SM Pro tape. I never use Type IV tape on a cassette multitrack…I don’t think exist for which Type IV tape was specified. Good question and catch. I find the MA-XG shell provides for just a little more stable and consistent tape transport, which is helpful...

Bottom line: if all you’re needing is parts to make the cable, you have way too many items in your cart. But I need info on what type of connector is on the back of the console, male or female, to tell you what to get specifically.

The connector on the back of the PSU has female sockets, yes? What about on the back of the console frame? Does the power connector on the back of the console have female sockets or male pins?

If you want to wait a few days I can research and verify the parts in your cart are correct, but one question first, are you overbuying some of those parts to be able to make a second cable, or is your intention to only buy the parts you need to make one cable?

How are you going to manage 8 tape tracks when you only have a 6 channel mixer?

That’s super-helpful first-hand feedback for the OP. Thanks for chiming in.

FYI I think the OP has not purchased it…is considering it and came here to discuss it in hopes of gaining information to assist in making a decision.

Right…I get that…all of that…I’m just saying that, for me personally, and I have a number of different hardware dynamics processors on-hand here myself, I can’t see spending $700 on a box like the SC2 with that narrow a functional focus. And I’m not saying it doesn’t make sense for somebody...