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Oh God! I think I'll stop offering advise here; at least until I know what I'm talking about :-( Shouldn't you be in bed Kim? Isn't it 2.30am over there? > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com] > Sent: 01 August 2001 10:28 > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: RE: Back in the saddle, again... > > > actually, it is the crystals that are connected to the audio codec and > generate it's clock that need replacing, for those keeping > track. the chip > itself was not the fault. It was a pretty strange problem. > > these days I'm somewhere in between digital and analog. Still > an Analog Kid > at heart. :-) > > kim > > > At 1:55 AM -0700 8/1/01, Andy Ewen wrote: > >That'd be the Crystal Codec then. I was unaware that they caused an > >intermittent fault; from our experiance here, they either > worked or not, but > >I bow to Kims superior knowledge, (as Geddy once said, 'He's > a Digital > >Man'). It can't hurt to change this chip so if Shane hasn't > got any, I can > >always ship a replacement out direct from here. > >Andy. :) > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com] > >> Sent: 01 August 2001 09:31 > >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > >> Subject: Re: Back in the saddle, again... > >> > >> > >> At 11:55 AM -0700 7/31/01, Jonathan El-Bizri wrote: > >> > Unfortunately, my echoplex seems to be broken :< I > can't turn the > >> >feedback to 100% any more - it's always fading out. It > >> doesn't seem to > >> >matter whether I use a pedal, or the front panel (though the > >> pedal is rather > >> >flaky - it could be unrelated). Anyone had this happen to > >> them? It's a bit > >> >of a show stopper, unless I keep 'filling up' the loop every > >> once in a > >> >while, which breaks the sonfg structure and confuses band > >> mates. I'd be > >> >loath to do it live. Any suggestions? > >> > >> hey Jonathan, welcome back! > >> > >> there was a batch of echoplexes that went out a year or two > >> ago that had a > >> component that was out of spec. The symptom was exactly that, > >> every now and > >> then you would turn it on and it was like the feedback was > >> stuck at 95%. > >> Most times you power up and it is fine. (that's why they > >> slipped out, it > >> was hard to detect....) It is relatively easy to fix, just > >> by getting that > >> part replaced. If you contact Shane Radtke at Gibson he'll > >> fix you right > >> up. <sradtke@gibson.com>, 1-800-544-2766 x206 or (847) > 741-7315 x206. > >> > >> kim > >> > >> > ______________________________________________________________________ > >> Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > >> kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com > >> > >> > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Kim Flint | Looper's Delight > kflint@loopers-delight.com | http://www.loopers-delight.com > >