Does anyone know where you can send an EMX-1 to get refurbished? Europe if possible. Cheers
Anyone? Iām looking to replace the tubes and clean up a few knobs and buttons.
The tubes are super easy to replace yourself. Just two screws on the back, pull them out and push in new ones.
As for knobs, if you have some scratchy pots, you could try cleaning them yourself with deoxIT. There are lots of threads here and videos on youtube, but it would only require pulling the plastic knobs off their stems to expose the pots. Pretty easy.
Itās been a while since I had mine apart but I donāt remember there being anything special about the pots, themselves. So if you have one thatās flat out broken or something, any synth service place that does pots should be able to replace it. Or any quality electronics repair for that matter. No need to go to some sort of EMX specialist or anything.
Button-wise, thereās not much to clean and/or replace there. There are no physical switches in the EMX-1. These are the conductive rubber style buttons that make direct contact with the copper pads on the PCB. There could be some oxidation on the pads, I guess, but again, no special knowledge required there. Anyone confident in opening a case and putting it back together would be able to help.
All that said, if you do decide you want to send it to a professional, I donāt know anyone in EU. But a more general post might get you more eyeballs, and therefore more suggestions?
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