78 1100 revival

Started by elwoodblue, February 28, 2016, 08:55:12 PM

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elwoodblue

Ed, I crave company like yours.
 I'm smiling at just the idea...thanks!
 
(I have 30 other projects and a fence that needs whitewashing...I'm having fun, c'mon over!!)

edwin

Jimmy is right about the new components. That's what I did and it worked out very well.  
 
I have been thinking about redoing it with audiophool caps and resisters....

JimmyJ

Oh alright, I see the pickup leads now in your 2nd photo.  
 
And the blue connector at the board is good, that's excellent.  
 
It's a shame that they cut the hum canceller wire, you'll need make a decision about that.  It only needs to connect to the proper points on the board but soldering directly would severely impact serviceability so it's best to have an inline connector of some kind.  And even if you found a male Molex plug I believe you'd need a special tool to terminate the wire with it...  
 
You could splice a connector on if you found a lead from another old (maybe broken) Alembic pickup.  That's one more thing you could ask Mica about - maybe they have a leftover lead with a male Molex that you could use for this purpose.
 
Good stuff!
Jimmy J

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I got a brand new SC-1 pickup with this old connector, maybe you can send it in and have them attach a new one?
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elwoodblue

That's a winning idea fc, I could send in the card for evaluation while I'm at it .

elwoodblue

reposting a few pics that got ate:

 

 

 


elwoodblue

Mica,
If you see this, I sent you an email for parts and advice

elwoodblue

Mica,
I missed your call last week. I'm doing my best to keep my phone within earshot.
I have my fingers crossed that the PF-6 card tests OK.

Thanks