Melting JD-800

22 Aug 2009, 16:46

Hello all, I've just given in to a massive retro moment and bought a mint JD-800 that I'm picking up tomorrow morning.

I am planning on doing a small number of club gigs with it as I think it's just such a good looking synth, it'll add to the vibe of the nights very nicely.

However, I hear that the glue on the key weights is prone to melting under higher temperatures (under lights on stage??) so I wanted to ask if anybody had any stories or advice they could give me.

Thanks in advance,

Jem

Re: Melting JD-800

26 Aug 2009, 17:54

Hi Jem and congratulations on the JD-800!

I don't now about glue, but I think you can feel a bit more safe nowadays when venues often use LED Pars for stage lighting. They generate a lot less heat than the old cans..

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Re: Melting JD-800

27 Aug 2009, 03:12

Hey Jessej,

Thanks for the reply. Your point about LED pars is a very good one. I'd completely failed to take that into consideration.

I spoke to an ex-Roland repair guy too and he seemed to think that the melting glue was limited to a small number of early JD's. This one was made about 2 years into the production cycle so I'm hoping it'll be ok regardless.

And what a lovely synth action it has!

Re: Melting JD-800

27 Aug 2009, 04:17

JD-800 was a great device, I've had it since 1993. Only the keyboard was very badly made; the keys did got broke each by each in concert runs and with hundred of hours of playing. I used to open the JD-800 and drill a little hole near the key (above it into the metal core), and did repair each of keys with a simple cable tie.