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Post by mtwallet on Mar 7, 2011 3:15:38 GMT -5
alright, I'm a proud owner of a Farfisa Compact Deluxe since yesterday!
the vibrato and the reverb unit don't work but I haven't open the beast yet
I don't have neither the pedal board, nor the volume pedal
but I have some questions to solve:
-may I use a "classic" volume pedal with a jack input (bespeco)?
will it work?
-the black keys don't work, the grey ones do ; is it normal when you don't have the pedal board?
thanks for your help!
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Post by putzengiler on Mar 7, 2011 10:36:10 GMT -5
I worked on a deluxe last year. I don't know what bespeco means....I know you need to use a Farfisa 3 pin volume pedal ,not a guitar volume pedal with a 1/4" plug. As far as the bass notes go ,again the pedal is not required. It could be a few different things,like a broken solder joint. Open it up and look at it or get a repair tech. You don't need pedals for a Farfisa Compacts to work. Farfisa organs aren't that easy to work on.Good luck.
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Post by mtwallet on Mar 8, 2011 16:04:08 GMT -5
thanks for your reply! well I made a few mistakes ; I saw that jack output behind and thought it was where I had to plug the volume pedal so I thought about a cheap Bespecco volume pedal with a jack input but then I checked and realized there's that 3-pin plug under the organ but anyway, if the organ works w/o volume pedal, I pretty much don't care about it at the moment and I think I'll use a "classic" volume pedal between the organ and the amp. anyway, I have other issues: -the black bass keys don't work ; the grey ones do so you say there's no need to have the pedal work for them to work? good news... so I'll try to find where to fix them... -the C notes are well divided and sound tuned BUT their sound is dirty I think I gotta check the C card if there's some defect resistor or something...? -there's a very high note playing when I switch the 2/3 voices on ; I think it's just because of one of those wires looking like thin guitar strings -the reverb unit don't work at all -the vibrato works but I think it's not really "strong", even in Heavy position I've been told I can turn it higher, but still I don't where to look I made a quick vid here: hiddenpage.free.fr/vid.MP4thanks again for your help |
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Post by farfisa on Mar 8, 2011 17:49:27 GMT -5
Hey, congrats! I stumbled on this thread thanks to a saved google search when I was looking for a deluxe. I have a schematic if you are handy at fixing such things (which I am not...) here: farfisa.org/compact-deluxe-schematics-122/I'll try to help with your issues below.... but anyway, if the organ works w/o volume pedal, I pretty much don't care about it at the moment ---The volume pedal is a photocell pedal (with a little light bulb in there like the knee booster). They come up on ebay from time to time for a reasonable price (like $15). -the black bass keys don't work ; the grey ones do so you say there's no need to have the pedal work for them to work? good news... so I'll try to find where to fix them... ---The bass pedals are just controllers. The grey keys work as treble keys, bass keys or both? If they work as bass keys, there is something un-soldered between the two octaves. If they don't work for bass (just for treble), you have bigger problems. -the C notes are well divided and sound tuned BUT their sound is dirty I think I gotta check the C card if there's some defect resistor or something...? ---Sounds about right. -there's a very high note playing when I switch the 2/3 voices on ; I think it's just because of one of those wires looking like thin guitar strings ---Hopefully! -the reverb unit don't work at all ---Bummer. She sounds so nice! -the vibrato works but I think it's not really "strong", even in Heavy position I've been told I can turn it higher, but still I don't where to look ---I have owned way too many combos, and the vibrator always goes. The one on my deluxe is iffy at best... |
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Post by mtwallet on Mar 9, 2011 4:35:52 GMT -5
thanks for your reply
yeah, I've downloaded the schematics already, but I quite don't know how to read them well!
so I'll try to fix everything "my way"
yeah, the grey keys work as "treble" but not as "bass"... so I got the bigger problems!.
a friend of mine said I can put more intensity in the vibrato by turning a screw but I just can't locate it...
about the volume pedal, I got a Gem photocell pedal with a 3pin male so I think I could try to work something out... we'll see...
I'll have more time to spend on friday...
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Post by mtwallet on Mar 13, 2011 14:54:29 GMT -5
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