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dumbest repair job ever

2010-05-04 by Alexis V. Rogers

I'm a basement tech in the middle of metalguitarland so I don't see many vintage synths come across my bench but I recently had a JX-8P in that had me on the floor laughing so I thought I'd share with the list. 

The IEC socket had been removed and a new power cord was spliced in and wrapped in clear Scotch tape with some additional Scotch tape covering the IEC connector's mounting hole. The owner complained that something was rattling around inside and that there were a few keys that wouldn't depress. I opened the synth up to find...two chicken leg bones and pork bone.

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