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After a month of swearing, I finally finished what I have been wanting to do for a long time. Its a little rough around the edges,but for my first time ever making a piece of "furniture" I'm happy with it. Still need to get a few more rack pieces and I gotta still cable everything up......whew!!!!!!

I just came across this Craigslist posting...Not too far from me. The seller lists that the everything works but the reels won't spin.Also for an extra $100 he'll throw in the 8 channel mixer. $250 for everything...doesn't seem bad, but gotta figure out if it would be an easy fix. Tascam 38 8...

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Not sure if this has been brought up.... I was looking my 388 over and just noticed the serial# for the first time.... Does anyone know how to decode these #'s ? My 388 is # 90005. Was just wondering if this is a low number and maybe if this is an early 388 off the line.... Just curious..

The first listing maybe a legit price because of the condition,but the second....I dont think so. Tascam 388 Studio 8 Reel to Reel and Mixer Brand New | eBay Vintage Tascam 388 Studio 8 Reel to Reel 8 Track Studio Recorder Mixing Console | eBay

Ok. Here's a picture of the meter reading. But........is this right.??? It reads .0311 I just noticed this. Im guessing this is different from 0.311. :o

Well...what I want to do,over the following months is acquire calibration tools for my 388. Im in no rush to get this stuff because I know it can be expensive. I just want to learn and i know it will take time. I do have 2 Tascam 388's so I could always carefully practice on one of them. I just...

Well,there's been alot of 388 action on the forum here as of lately. Thought I'd post this. I just came across this on youtube. This is a recent 388 video. Sounds GREAT!!!. I had to leave a comment to ask about how he got the nice punchy drums. All recorded and mixed on the 388 using the 388...

Just wondering if anyone knows what could be causing this. Using my Tascam 388 and a fairly new reel of RMG LPR35. Every now and then Im getting quite a bit of oxide building up on the head around tracks 3 and 4. I was just mixing a song and track 4 was playing back alot quieter until I noticed...

I just scored another Tascam 388.I got it for the nice low price of $150.Cosmetically it's fantastic. I bought it knowing it wasn't functioning properly,and I figured I could use it for a parts donor for my working 388 if anything were to go wrong.But this thing is cosmetically nicer than my...

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I just happened across these guys a couple of weeks ago. They're getting some really great sounds out of their Tascam 388 They have posted a bunch of tunes. Here's one of them The wank of a lifetime - YouTube

I just happened across these guys a couple of weeks ago. They're getting some really great sounds out of their Tascam 388 They have posted a bunch of tunes. Here's one of them The wank of a lifetime - YouTube

Stumbled across this. I have always wanted some of these cool reel cassettes but Im not sure i would be willing to drop this amount of dough.Even if they are brand new. NEW Teac CRC-90 TEN 10 PAK LOT Blank Cassette Recording Tapes tape metal reels | eBay

Just stumbled upon this on ebay. Anyone everheard of these? Looks like it would be fun to experiment with. Vintage Audio Phonic Home Recorder Phonograph Make Your Own Recordings NR | eBay

Just stumbled upon this on youtube. History and demos of Tascam tape decks! Phantom Productions' Teac Tascam History & Demos - YouTube

I have decidied to open up my 388 and go over the pots and switches with Deoxit because the first time I did it a couple of years ago,I used some other electrical cleaner and I didnt do a thorough job. My question is.....Is it ok if deoxit get on the channel cards Im cleaning.Im carefully...

I posted a little while back about the 246 I bought in mint,maybe unused condtion in box with a few extras for $100 Sure, I think the seller could of asked for a lot more,but I dont really think he knew what he was sitting on.It might of been just some old tape deck to him.Id say in pristine...

Just wanted to share this because Im kinda beside myself right now. I just got back from picking up a really nice find. A couple days ago I was browsing the online classified and came across a Tascam 246. I have always wanted one of these so I responded to the ad and asked the guy if he could...

Well.I went and bought them for the hell of it.(I was bored). Their nice looking decks.Pretty clean too. The Akai is worse than the Roberts as the pinch roller is in bad shape and I cant get any audio out of it.It does fire up and the tubes do light up though. The Roberts works somewhat.The...