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Title: Help! My PSS-30 has stopped working.
Post by: phantompowers on May 22, 2009, 08:46:03 PM
I recently bent my first keyboard, the Yamaha PSS-30 and it sounded fuckin great! Unfortunately it looked like shit, the case wouldn't shut and all the soldering was really bad. So I built a wooden case for it, painted it black and removed all the solder ready to bend it again. It worked for about five minutes, then while I was probing around for bend points it just stopped working. No sound whatsoever. I am totally gutted as the case took me bloody ages to make.
Can anyone help me please?
Title: Re: Help! My PSS-30 has stopped working.
Post by: Dylan on May 22, 2009, 09:36:03 PM
If you haven't taken the batteries out and put them back in, do that first. If that doesn't work, maybe just let it sit there for a week or two. I did this with my SA2 recently after it died on me and now it works fine.
Title: Re: Help! My PSS-30 has stopped working.
Post by: phantompowers on May 23, 2009, 03:12:13 PM
Cheers mate. I'll try and sit it out then.
Funnily enough I have a Casio SA-2. I bought it the other day for £3 from Cash Converters. That is my next project!
If I can't revive my PSS-30 hopefully I'll be able to use the case I made for the SA-2 after I bend it.
How does letting it sit for a week or two work?
Title: Re: Help! My PSS-30 has stopped working.
Post by: Dylan on May 23, 2009, 05:53:15 PM
I don't really know; I thought I killed my SA2 so I just had it sitting on my floor for a week or two, then for some reason I added a jack to it again, and it was working perfectly. I hope it works for you!
Title: Re: Help! My PSS-30 has stopped working.
Post by: Circuitbenders on May 23, 2009, 07:05:08 PM
http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,850.0.html