sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
I'll see if I can come up with something more specific that utilizes your multimeter.
M520 aquisition... Crazy??
- Thread starter RFR
- Start date
Thanks, sweetbeats.
Here are some pics for the hell of it.
Here are some shots of the panels. Hard to tell from the pics, but that is flamed black walnut.
Lot of damn knobs. I cleaned them all by just soaking them in a plastic container with dish soap and a toothbrush. less time consuming than I thought. Overnight soaking in detergent made 99% of the accumulated years of shmutz just fall off.
Right now, clean clean clean. Dress panels will come off shortly.
While they are off, I'll finish sanding and oiling the walnut.
Gotta order some deoxit and clean the innards.
Here are some pics for the hell of it.
Here are some shots of the panels. Hard to tell from the pics, but that is flamed black walnut.
Lot of damn knobs. I cleaned them all by just soaking them in a plastic container with dish soap and a toothbrush. less time consuming than I thought. Overnight soaking in detergent made 99% of the accumulated years of shmutz just fall off.
Right now, clean clean clean. Dress panels will come off shortly.
While they are off, I'll finish sanding and oiling the walnut.
Gotta order some deoxit and clean the innards.
altruistica
Member
Hey Guys,
I don't know if you've seen this article....only short:
Studio Gear Profile: Tascam M520 - The Vintage Musician
Al
I don't know if you've seen this article....only short:
Studio Gear Profile: Tascam M520 - The Vintage Musician
Al
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
Interesting. That first picture in the article of the M-520 undressed and lit up is yoinked from my M-520 Story thread. That was my M-520 before I finished refurbishing it and later selling.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
RFR, the color of the walnut with the beige dress panels looks amazing. Where did you get that lumber??
Yup, they sure did yank the pic from your thread!
I got the walnut from a buddy. They cut down a tree in the backyard. He figured I could use it for something.
Well you should see it now. Its all cleaned up, put back together, and the walnut is all oiled up.
Everything works 100%
I'll throw up some pics tommorrow.
Then... onto #2
I got the walnut from a buddy. They cut down a tree in the backyard. He figured I could use it for something.
Well you should see it now. Its all cleaned up, put back together, and the walnut is all oiled up.
Everything works 100%
I'll throw up some pics tommorrow.
Then... onto #2
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
miroslav
Cosmic Cowboy
I spotted this on eBay today.
I think he's asking to much....but I figured I would post it here in case anyone is interested...though he only offers local pickup.
Tascam M 520 Analog Mixing Recording Console Power Supply | eBay
I think he's asking to much....but I figured I would post it here in case anyone is interested...though he only offers local pickup.
Tascam M 520 Analog Mixing Recording Console Power Supply | eBay
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
That's nuts.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
Yeah, and you know that one was right!
As promised, here are some pics of the completed mixer.
I made the top shelf just big enough to support a set of small monitors and miscellaneous.
Out of some of the scrap I made a walnut headphone stand to hold my ancient, but still working AKG headphones.
Now its time to wrap it up in plastic again, cause its in my shop.
As promised, here are some pics of the completed mixer.
I made the top shelf just big enough to support a set of small monitors and miscellaneous.
Out of some of the scrap I made a walnut headphone stand to hold my ancient, but still working AKG headphones.
Now its time to wrap it up in plastic again, cause its in my shop.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
Shuh-ZAM!! That looks gorgeous... 
Amazing what little details can do, huh. Outside of pretty presentation, everything works 100%. (as far as I can determine)
Cleaned up pots etc, no scratchiness or weirdness. the most major things I did were to fix the bent up power supply input, and swap out buss 1 and 2 meter pcb.
But I gotta say thanks, your 520 thread not only got me to get on this forum (as stated in my first post), but also gave me the ground view to tackle one of these beasts. That, and all your helpful advice. Thanks.
Cleaned up pots etc, no scratchiness or weirdness. the most major things I did were to fix the bent up power supply input, and swap out buss 1 and 2 meter pcb.
But I gotta say thanks, your 520 thread not only got me to get on this forum (as stated in my first post), but also gave me the ground view to tackle one of these beasts. That, and all your helpful advice. Thanks.
Last edited:
altruistica
Member
Really nice looking job.
Well done.
Al
Well done.
Al
Since I have an M520 thread of my own, I'll post here. It seems like anyone posting anything related to an M520 posts it in Cory's epic thread.
Well, not me.
Anyway, on to the meat of the post.
I just got off of the bay, an original in the binder user/ service manual.
It had been listed before and no one bought it, the seller relisted and I watched for a while. It seems I was the only watcher. That's a suprise to me. You telling me everyone that has one of these consoles already owns an original manual??
There are. guys regularly selling scanned copies. Which I must add, are crap. I mistakenly bought one last year.
Better than nothing I guess, but not good.
So rather than watch and wait for something that I know I want anyway, I pulled the trigger and bought it before someone else snagged it.
Whoo hoo. I got an allegedly mint original manual coming.
Well, not me.
Anyway, on to the meat of the post.
I just got off of the bay, an original in the binder user/ service manual.
It had been listed before and no one bought it, the seller relisted and I watched for a while. It seems I was the only watcher. That's a suprise to me. You telling me everyone that has one of these consoles already owns an original manual??
There are. guys regularly selling scanned copies. Which I must add, are crap. I mistakenly bought one last year.
Better than nothing I guess, but not good.
So rather than watch and wait for something that I know I want anyway, I pulled the trigger and bought it before someone else snagged it.
Whoo hoo. I got an allegedly mint original manual coming.
sweetbeats
Reel deep thoughts...
I'm a huge fan of having an original. And it's not that everybody has one already...I think most people don't care about having the real deal or even care to read a manual. I like reading manuals for fun. But that's not the norm. I understand your excitement.
I have an original minty M-500 service manual in original hard binder too...i use it as reference for my M-__ prototype console because there are some commonalities. The schematics have been helpful. And there's nothing like being able to fold outthat larger than life schematic rather than jump from blurry page to blurry page in a PDF.
I have an original minty M-500 service manual in original hard binder too...i use it as reference for my M-__ prototype console because there are some commonalities. The schematics have been helpful. And there's nothing like being able to fold outthat larger than life schematic rather than jump from blurry page to blurry page in a PDF.