Split the cases on the smoke damaged Akai to take a closer look at it. This one will be more challenging I believe. Extensive smoke & water damage. Someone used abrasive cleaner on the FP,removed a lot of the labeling. Thankfully they noticed the damage before doing the entire front. Also missing an inner,metal side panel. The sheet metal screws rammed into threaded machine screw sockets have me cringing. The seals on some of the head alignment screws are broken also.......oh no,here we go. I think I'm going to earn this one. The amp board's also chock full of the original 458 transistors. Gonna try and save it 1st,salvage it if that's a no-go.This one's gonna keep me off the streets for a bit......
Nick,when removing the outer level ring go easy on prying the keepers out. Old,brittle plastic.....difficult and usually expensive to replace.....but you've got spares
Nick,when removing the outer level ring go easy on prying the keepers out. Old,brittle plastic.....difficult and usually expensive to replace.....but you've got spares