Month: March 2022

Power issue on Yamaha keyboard is resolved, root cause being failed soldering on the power socket pins. Reflowed & reinstalled board then added a little hot melt glue creating a bond between the socket & casing so taking all the mechanical strain off the socket pins when plugging /unplugging the power. A squirt of freeze […]

Yamaha PSR E403 keyboard came in today presenting as non powering. Connection to a bench PSU ruled out the external psu as root cause, keyboard was delivered with several wallwarts all labelled as correct voltage /polarity. These will be checked for correct output. Fault was described by the owner as initially intermittent before complete failure […]

Just dropped in @shrop.rock.doctor this rather nice Ibanez GWB35 active fretless 5 string bass. Owner reported intermittent output. Initial demo by the owner on delivery showed the output to be functional but jack plug movement had an effect. Potentiometer noise when adjusting also evident. 9v battery was also measured for voltage but proved the be […]

Guvnor GA575CE+ Electro acoustic @shrop.rock.doctor ready for collection. Came in with a request to replace the faulty machine heads & improve the playability by reducing the bridge saddles height. Found some locking tuners in gold that matched the original ones aesthetically but included the locking function so not just repaired but improved. The saddle heights […]

Guvnor electro acoustic @shrop.rock.doctor to have a replacement set of machine heads installed. New set have identical buttons but will also be locking type. The String action is currently excessive as is the neck relief so we will make reductions to both & try to make her a little more playable. The bridge saddle is […]