Tape repair in Twin Cities?

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 12:08 pm

For the Minnesotans on this board, any good experiences with open reel tape machine repair locally?

I don't need anything immediately, but good to line up your support before you need it....

asmara · Post by **asmara** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 6:39 pm

They charge 100 per hour but are highly regarded.
http://www.americanproaudio.net/contact/index.html

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:10 pm

Isn't Eddie Ciletti up there too? Tangible Technology[/i]

jspartz · Post by **jspartz** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:20 am

Those are the first two thoughts that come to my mind as well.

Jason

kayagum · Post by **kayagum** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:00 pm

Excellent- thanks!

(I've noticed that Good Guys hasn't been mentioned yet)

wardshorsehead · Post by **wardshorsehead** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:35 am

the good guys are crap

they are expensive, take forever to get a job done, and milk the bench time

i've seen work where they do band-aid repairs at THEIR discretion, to save the hassle of doing the real work when the CUSTOMER asked for the real deal...only to have to redo the job at the CUSTOMERS expense, again, several months later

i know a guy who dropped off an adat for routine maintainence. it was a back-up unit, so not super important...but he got the runaround for over A YEAR to get his shit serviced. he tried to pick it up several times, as the time in queue was so unreasonable, (he was originally quoted four weeks) and THEY WOULDN"T GIVE HIM HIS OWN PROPERTY BACK! he had to raise hell several times to get back

i've heard a rhodes they tuned...

i don't even want to get started.

imho, stay away from the "not so good" guys.

wardshorsehead · Post by **wardshorsehead** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:38 am

i use savage for everything now...

they aren't bargain basement cheap, but their work is top notch. i don't know to what extent they work on tape machines, but they do mixers, mics, effects processors, etc.

they are good peeps.

apropos of nothing · Post by **apropos of nothing** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 6:03 am

I had a friend who got her synthesizer repaired at "the Good Guys", and upon picking it up they were awfully full of: "Awful nice of you to pick this up for your BOYFRIEND."

asmara · Post by **asmara** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:17 pm

still waiting to hear back from good guys from a simple phone message i left 4 weeks ago. to their credit they did a nice job fixing my fender champ from shocking me to death (new ground in AC cord = 65 dollars) last summer

Jeff Roberts · Post by **Jeff Roberts** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:18 pm

I had QSC amp at Good Guys. After 6-8 months of no action, I started to complain. I got the amp back after over a year, and it was not repaired!!!

And they charged me. Never again. The worst service ever.

Jeff Roberts · Post by **Jeff Roberts** » Mon Mar 26, 2007 1:21 pm

American Pro Audio, Savage and Eddie Ciletti do all of my work that I send out.

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