Yamaha CS80

Mike,

thanks for your message.  We've had a great group going here for almost 
7 years now with basically zero spam, trolling, or other anti-social 
(digital?)  posts.  I certainly understand having a bad day and 
sometimes the requests for help can seem a bit much - sometimes 
appearing more-so from members whose first language isn't English.  It's 
great that you researched and located a source of replacement bulbs.  
Amazingly, the CS80 I recently finished fixing, for all its many, many 
problems, didn't need any bulbs :)

There are tons of folks here with widely varied backgrounds.  I've given 
help when I could and also gotten help from others at times when I've 
been stuck on a repair.  I don't do this for a living unlike some of the 
people here.  I just enjoy working on the beasts and helping out 
desperate CS80 (and occasionally Oberheim and Moog) owners who need 
repairs or MIDI installs. Sometimes I wish I could do it full time, but, 
alas, I don't think I could make as much money as my day job designing 
(evil digital) computer chips...

Anyway, thanks again everyone for making this a great group.  Now go 
play with your poly aftertouch and ribbon controllers :)

   David


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