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Bought this Elka Panther 300 yesterday for a couple hundred bucks, painted the hood today (was boring black).

All works except the vibrato is barely audible and some keys are slightly out of tune. I have to replace some caps, the inside is amazing.
Even came with a bass pedal setup and volume pedal. I don't have a clue how to play the thing, sounds crazy though. It makes the amp you put it through ungodly loud somehow, I'm putting it through a little champ on like 5% volume and it drives the amp really hard that low.

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The insides are similar to those of the Yamaha YC-series. Currently we have the big YC-45D in the shop I'm working in part-time. A few weeks ago I had a look inside it and it is PACKED with horizontal circuits and wires. Insane!
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The insides of this are so different than the wiring and workmanship of various old amps I have, its really meticulous and there is so much going on. All those larger can caps has a note written on it, I think you can tune the note by turning the screw on the top of the capacitor looking things...I'm guessing the three turquoise chicklet caps are the ones I need to replace, the vibrato controls trace to that section. The boards are all modular and pull out.
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The YC-45D is the biggest one and it was the Yamaha's flagship back then. It weighs 60 kg (132 lbs.) with the legs. Not as heavy as the CS-80. ;)
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The touchstrips are so cool
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I fixed it, way better this way:
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Also, some clips:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BU-NU7Bgr9I/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BU-TKHsgLSa/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BU-Z5ZnAuZj/

Also also, do I want this thing? It's a Farfisa Pianorgan III. Looks like it's in great condition, it apparently works, it's only $50CAN
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I could live in those sound clips! Great job! If you haven't seen it check out Andrzej Korzynski's magnificent score for POSSESSION. Pretty sure he used a DX7 for his Klingz and klangz.
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Thanks man! I'm really enjoying both the DX7 and Sub 37. I'll add Andrzej Korzynski's score to the list to be listened to
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I look like your avatar when i look at that picture
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:lol: :hug: ...its from [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhHhXukovMU[/youtube]
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tf. complete overhaul yeah?
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My latest additions. I've had the Analog Four for a couple months, just got the Digitakt about 2 weeks ago. Love both.

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repoman wrote:Bought this Elka Panther 300 yesterday for a couple hundred bucks, painted the hood today (was boring black).

All works except the vibrato is barely audible and some keys are slightly out of tune. I have to replace some caps, the inside is amazing.
Even came with a bass pedal setup and volume pedal. I don't have a clue how to play the thing, sounds crazy though. It makes the amp you put it through ungodly loud somehow, I'm putting it through a little champ on like 5% volume and it drives the amp really hard that low.

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Very cool
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