andrewrx7 Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hi There, Got to our gig on Sat night, only to find my Unibass pedal has decided to stop working. Since these things are hard to find and not made any more, I was wondering whether repairing it may be an option. So, has anyone had pedals reparied before, and if so, any suggestions where I could send it? (Akai themselves seem to be an American company, with a UK distributer operating out of a unit - so I am assuming repairs is not something they would be involved in). Thanks, Andrew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_the_bass Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 (edited) Try [url="http://www.pedal-mods.com"]www.pedal-mods.com[/url]. Sent them my OLD OLD CE-2 which hadn't worked for ages and they sorted it out. Or you could have a word with E at [url="http://www.e-fects.co.uk"]www.e-fects.co.uk[/url] who rebuilt a badly soldered BYPC pedal I bought used. Edited March 23, 2009 by john_the_bass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewrx7 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Share Posted March 23, 2009 Thanks for those links! Book marked for future reference! Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katri Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I think that Akai have a list of registered repair people for their effects. Shoot them an email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 I had my Akai sampler fixed by [url="http://www.cimplesolutions.co.uk"]Cimple Solutions[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain black Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Or Try Martin Owen. He makes the Bass gremlin etc. and mods and repairs also for a VERY reasonable fee. A nice guy as well. [email protected] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouMa Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Have you had a look inside. It may be just a wire to the power jack or something simple which has worked its way free,have a look and if so you could just solder it yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umph Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 +1 if you have a camara and soldering iron we may be of aid ;< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewrx7 Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the suggestions. I did open the back up, nothing obvious though. I have sent it to the fella who sorted out my bass head and the guitar amp. Hopefully it is something simple - I would like it back in 2 weeks time for our next gig! Must say, it was very noticable during the last gig with it not running. I only really use it on 4 or 5 songs, but those did sound a bit lackluster without it. Just shows you don't always appreciate something until it isn't working! Edited March 24, 2009 by andrewrx7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewrx7 Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Well, the guy called today to say he had found a fault and that the pedal is fixed. It was a pretty muffled line so was difficultto make out, but it sounded like the mono-amp on the input had blown. Does that make sense? If it does, then please explain it to me - always willing to understand things better! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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