Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

Interesting (about capacitors being problematic in the Casio MIDI 
guitars)!! I have seen alot about the capacitors being the culprit in 
causing the infamous Digital Horn (DH) squeal. (I used the DH-100 
with the VZ-8M.)

BTW, I am thinking of selling some of my VZ-8Ms. Has anyone seem 
prices for them lately? I have't seen any on e-bay in quite a while. 
--Steve

PS: Some people sell fixes for the DHs on e-bay. Also, I have seen 
fixes posted on the internet. (Try searching Casio DH fix or repair.) 
If the guitar problem is indeed a problem with the capacitors, 
perhaps the people who fix the horns can help. If the caps can be 
identified, it might be good if we can get pix of them in the files 
section. 

Apologies if this is OT, but a number of Casio CZ/VZ owners also have 
Casio non-keyboard controllers. ;-)   

  

--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "synergeezer" <synergeezer@...> wrote:
>
> I have an MG-500 (the oddly-shaped MIDI guitar without the built-in
> synth) which died early enough that I could still get the 
electronics
> replaced.  I have since learned that the original capacitors are the
> usual culprits in the death of Casio MIDI guitars.  It shouldn't be
> hard to find a technician to replace the caps with functional
> equivalents, without a schematic.
> Recently, I got a Godin xtSA MIDI guitar.  It tracks immensely 
better
> than the Casio, so, I guess technology has improved in the past 
couple
> of decades!  My favorite synth to use with it is the Casio VZ-8M, 
so,
> I guess that not everything has improved in the past couple of 
decades
> (see the "music economics" thread ;)
> The MG-500 is still an excellent guitar!  I love the subtlety of the
> whammy bar.
> 
> And, with regard to the list of Casios that started this thread -
> WOW!! - I don't even know what half of that stuff is!
> 
> - synergeezer
>