Re: Totally Frustrated With My EDP !!!!!

[Randy Jones <ranjones@yahoo.com>]

$300 :-)

RJ




---Douglas Lawrence <douglas-lawrence@home.com> wrote:
>
> <Warning -- rant below!>
> I have had my "new" EDP since March of this year and it has not
worked right
> since the day I got it. The original problem was sporadic locking of
the EDP
> or jumping into Record mode when I hit Overdub or Undo. Originally I
thought
> it was just my lack of experience using the EDP or just being clumsy
with
> the footpedal, so I gave it a couple of weeks. The I noticed the
unit would
> not "boot" properly with a blank screen or just hang after running a
loop
> for a while.
> 
> I suspected the new 16 Mb of RAM I had installed, maybe a bad SIMM,
so I
> returned the one brand I purchased and got another set of chips from
another
> manufacturer. Still had the same problem after installing the
replacement
> chips and with the original chips shipped with the EDP.
> 
> So now I take it to an "authorized" service center in NYC ("Triple
S"). They
> had the EDP for three or four weeks and were unable to fix it. The
unit was
> then shipped by Triple S to Oberheim, where they repaired Triple S's
changes
> and also made some other modifications, like adding the new voltage
> regulator and some other mod's. BTW, Mike Ayers was quite helpful in
> organizing this effort.
> 
> When I get the EDP back after a couple of weeks, I now notice that
when I
> hit Undo, the EDP kicks into Record mode and I still get the weird
"boot"
> blank screen problem. This is after the unit was completely checked
out by
> Oberheim!
> 
> Now I find out that Gibson is in the midst or a major reorganization
and
> laying off people. It looks like Tobias and Steinberger will not
exist for
> awhile (possibly forever) and Oberheim is temporarily shutdown. I
spoke with
> Mike Ayers today and they won't be able to accept the unit for an
> unspecified amount of time for repairs.
> 
> I am totally frustrated and I would sell this damn EDP in a second
if I
> could. (Anybody make a bid??) It has been a totally useless,
unreliable
> piece of equipment to me. I watch in amazement at all the posts in
this
> group from people who are somehow using EDP's successfully. Does the
"Lemon
> Law" apply here?
> 
> Are there any "authorized" service centers that someone on the list
has had
> a good experience with or that seem to have a good tech that can
work on an
> EDP?
> 
> I think I would rather ship it somewhere and not have to look at it
with the
> hope of it getting fixed rather than see it sitting in my living room,
> jesting at me of all that it promises it can do. The footpedal now
acts as a
> memorial in my closet.
> 
> Thanks for putting up with my rant ...
> 
> Doug.
> 
> 

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