I service and restore vintage guitar
amps, keyboards and combo organs. I have
found that repair shops simply don't want to be "bothered" with
these timeless classics. Vox
Continental, Vox Super Continental, Vox Jaguar, Farfisa, Leslie, Crumar, Univox, Fender
Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Hammond are my specialties. Satisfied customers send them to me
from all over the USA, since no one else seems to want to work on them in
their area.
Congratulations on owning a Vox Continental, Vox Super
Continental, Vox Jaguar or Farfisa organ. If you have problems with any of
the notes or vibrato, you can remove the problem tone or vibrato circuit
board and mail to me for repair. The repair cost for one board is $75 plus
shipping; two or more for $60 each plus shipping. I have been
repairing Vox and Farfisa Combo organs for almost 42 years and I have yet
to come across one that fully worked! People test them by pulling out all
the stops and playing the keys. This usually sounds good, but the problems
are masked. Always some notes are improperly working. Here is the correct
way to test for proper operation. With the test information, I can properly
repair your problem.
How to test
your Vox Continental/Super Continental Keyboard
Step 1. Pull out the two volume drawbars all the
way out, to maximum. These are the two dark colored ones on the right side.
Step 2. Push in all the white drawbars. The keys
should not sound.
Step 3. Then pull out the lowest white drawbar
all the way. Play each and every key of the entire keyboard. All keys
should sound fine with no distortion or jumps in octaves or warbles or odd
tones. Write down the keys that are bad for this white drawbar.
Step 4. Then again push in all white drawbars and
then pull out the next white (second) drawbar all the way and then play
each and every key of the entire keyboard. All notes should sound good with
no distortion or jumps in octaves or warbles or odd tones.
Step 5. Repeat step 1, step 2 and step 3 for all
the white drawbars. Write down the bad keys each white drawbar.
How to test
your Vox Jaguar, Farfisa or any
other Keyboard
Do the same procedure as for the Continental, but
substitute the rocker tab switches in place of the drawbars. Write down the bad keys for each rocker
tab.
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