Re: [bomp] How Can You Mend A Broken Capstan?

[Bob Widenhofer <bwidenhofer@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes and no Ron.
 
You're right that "factory authorized" Tascam/TEAC service is hard to come
by.  I looked into opening a service center here in Austin and I've never
encountered a company any more difficult to work with.  The nearest
"authorized" center is down in San Antonio and they don't know much about
reel-to-reel.  They can order parts if the parts still exist.
 
But there are plenty of independent guys who can still fix a tape deck.  And
plenty of NOS/Refurb parts, including heads, seem to be lurking around.
 
I hope to keep my 8-track and 16-track machines alive indefinitely.  I also
have three or four semi-functional 4 track machines in my Empire of Broken
Shit...not sure what I'll ever do with 'em.  Parts?


--- On Tue, 7/1/08, Ron Sanchez/Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com>
wrote:

From: Ron Sanchez/Career Records <eldeluxe@bridgeband.com>
Subject: Re: [bomp] How Can You Mend A Broken Capstan?
To: bomp@xnet2.com
Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 9:45 PM

Take it for a ride, and when you get up to full speed, toss it out the
window.

You could spend money to fix the transport, only to find the heads are
shot.

At one point I tossed three reel to reel decks, and didn't feel bad at
all.  There probably is no support for these old machines. Teac was a
consumer brand of Tascam, and there is no support for newer Tascam gear.


NankerPhlg@aol.com wrote:

>A neighbor is moving, and he offered me his old Teac A-3440 reel to reel 4

>track at no charge. Yipeee!
>
>Well, except that it doesn't play. It fast-forwards and fast-backwards

>decently, but when I hit play, it's no go.
>
>After some examination I'm convinced it's a case of a stubborn
>capstan...like, it has something personal against the pinch-roller and they
 refuse to work
>together. I tried to lube them but apart from making them smell a  little
>nicer, it had no effect. I've also since found a copy of the manual on
the net
>but it had no troubleshooting section of any kind.
>
>Anyone have any quick tips that don't require taking it to
professionals  for
>repair?
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>
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Director Of A&R
Career Records <http://www.careerrecords.com>
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