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Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

tofmelon — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 01:31:17 -0000

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Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

enchentez — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 00:41:14 -0000

Harmoniser pitch shifter? Would like some info on that...

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

tofmelon — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 21:59:41 -0000

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Re: Inside The Korg DW-8000: Don’t Put Solder on a Battery

patcharan — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:42:09 -0000

I'm getting ready for the day my battery gives out. If I can just load the patches every time I use it with the AC, I may opt to just do that instead of replacing the battery. I occasionally go on tour with this so I'm worried the battery will die on tour. I have my patches that I recorded and verified on an MP3 so the patches are super easy to load.

Re: Inside The Korg DW-8000: Don’t Put Solder on a Battery

patcharan — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:39:33 -0000

Thank you so much for this howto! I am wondering if the DW-8000 will work without the battery at all, if I load the patches in every time I use it with the AC?

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Grant Muller — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 18:09:41 -0000

This is a weird one and I don't think I'll be too much help here. I don't think its an IC problem. I think I'd have to have a better description of the problem. Send me a not via the contact form on the site.

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Francisco — Sat, 14 Sep 2013 17:26:59 -0000

Hi Grant, i replaced all the capacitors, the principle, by touching a string, emits a loud
sound that does not change by pressing switches selectors of sounds; this sound
is going down volume to about half. After 4 or 5 minutes ( without touching any
string), the guitar sounds funny as an old siren. How could this be a problem
with the 380-B1 LE (Hybrid IC)?, can you help me?. Thank you very much. Excuse my
bad english.

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Vic — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 00:59:35 -0000

Do you know how to fix power issues? The one that I have will not power on

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Ajax Dahgue — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:12:23 -0000

Thanks for the input. I discovered the problem while trying to make the tune indicator work. The guy before me put the pickup in backwards - coil 1 under string 6 and vice versa.
After I flipped it around, it works like a champ!

Thanks for your work here!

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Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Grant Muller — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 20:00:58 -0000

Ajax, I'm only aware of the capacitor problem and the occasional pickup issue. With the pickup, its almost always been the entire thing, not just a few strings. Sorry I'm not more help here, but you may try replacing the caps again yourself, its not very expensive and may do the trick.

Re: Inside The Korg DW-8000: Don’t Put Solder on a Battery

Sebastián — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 17:10:14 -0000

I have the same problem, did you find any solution?

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Ajax Dahgue — Tue, 16 Jul 2013 12:26:23 -0000

Hi Grant. Is there information on what other causes there are for this symptom? I have a PG380 that won't trigger from the bottom three strings. The capacitors were replaced by someone before me. I've adjusted sensitivity, corrected the MIDI pickup height and still no joy.
I wonder about power adjustments noted in the service manual, but there isn't information on where the test points referenced are on the circuit boards.

Any suggestions?

THX!

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Re: In Defense of Shoes

GODPUS — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 17:41:08 -0000

Barefoot walking is such a great meditation though; your mind cannot wander to anything other than your next step. Also the electro-magnetic connection made between the earth and the bare foot is very important. I think most of the hikes that modern man goes on are not survival based and so if not the whole time, some of the time should definitely be spent barefoot to keep the wandering mind present. :)

Re: Casio MG-510 Midi Guitar

victor — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:18:59 -0000

as aan adagio :i sad that all capacitors are 100v1uf
they are not.i just look at the top baord and i saw that is also one capacitor 33 uf 100v

could be the voltage parameter a problem??i mean 100 v on the new ones?

Re: Casio MG-510 Midi Guitar

victor — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:13:59 -0000

Hello folks!!
i have a mg 510 guitar and I have some issues:the midi is not working properly:sometimes the note is not heraring and sometimes it hears repeated or by itself(without picking a string)
I have the service manual for casio mg510(some people around here ask me for it and i gaved it by email)
somebody before me has changed those electrolitic condensators with new one but seems not to be the same specifications(the new ones are 100v 1uf)
a friend of mind (he nows about electronics)told me that they are ok.he also measured some parts and did some tests (as sad in service manual) and the leds ``says`` that the device is ok.

any opinion or advice about that issue???

ps:Grant maybe you can advice me (for my electronist friend)what else should I do
thank`s and escuse my bad english!

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

zaprousdower — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:04:47 -0000

I'm about to list mine on eBay. It works great but some idiot drilled a hole in the headstock (that doesn't hurt anything beyond aesthetics) so it's a "player" and will go nice and cheap! My name on ebay is zaprousdower if you want to bid or you can contact me directly at nilbog88(at)yahoo to make an offer. The guitar is in St. Louis, Mo by the way if any locals are interested in picking it up and avoiding the shipping cost.

Re: Game Of Life Sequencer Bank

Grant Muller — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:41:50 -0000

You should be able to just click on it. It's a runnable jar. What version of Windows and Java are you using?

Re: Game Of Life Sequencer Bank

howudoin — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:28:55 -0000

great work i love it. i downloaded the windows version but cant run it. can anyone tell me how?

Re: Inside The Korg DW-8000: Don’t Put Solder on a Battery

Peter Toth — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:38:43 -0000

anybody knows whats that red lil paper is covering? i screw into it a bit lately.

Re: Christmas Time is Tabla Time

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Re: Schwinn Prelude Bicycle Restore: Prep Work

Forrest — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 09:59:39 -0000

Love to see how it came out. I rebuilt a 1987 Schwinn Prelude as well as a '87 LeTour and a '85 Fuji Deluxe Touring. By the way, the bike looks like it may have been a '87 if the color was a purple blue. With the Columbus tubing this was actually a very fine frame that was equipped with better recreational components but not race grade stuff. The Tempo was a notch above and was entry level race or very high end sport. Preludes are great rebuild frames as long as you do not want to go larger than 700x28 tires. They also had rack eyelets and make a fine light touring bike with the slight restriction of tire size especially with fenders.

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

enchentez — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:30:00 -0000

OK, thanks, Grant.I ask because one of the main things I do with the PG it to run it from MIDI out to a Blue chip (Wersi) OX7 organ module, and it would be damned handy if the synth volume knob were to control MIDI volume as well in that application. Could balance gtr and organ sounds right on the gtr, without having to carry an expression pedal around.

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Grant Muller — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:56:13 -0000

No, that volume knob only controls the audio output. The 5 Pin DIN connection only outputs volume in 1-127 steps, and that is controlled by the strings. You'd have to increase the volume on your synthesizer

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

enchentez — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:41:39 -0000

Hey, Grant, is the synth volume (middle ) knob also supposed to control MIDI volume for the 5-pin MIDI out as well? I ask because mine doesn't and it would seem to me that it shoul. Otherwise the MIDI and the synth work fine (after cap replacement).

Re: Casio PG-380 Midi Guitar

Export — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:12:22 -0000

Hello, I have one I got in basically mint condition, but I was not told about that 1 string was sensing weird, instead of a single note it repeats it continuously like a tremolo. So if playing Pads it's just fine, but on solos, if I hit the 6th, sound not so great. You think could be the same?