Roland EP-09 Skip-bin find and restoration

[@nelofernandez1459]

Its a shame he stopped making videos, was enjoying seeing them, although i only discovered his channel now, hope all is well with him.

[@gregorypeterschmidt620]

Markus, hope all is well. Miss your fantastic videos.

[@quibster]

i always enjoy your restorations. remembered your channel when watching some other teardowns recently. hope you're keeping busy and still jamming. take it easy

[@AlexBallMusic]

So satisfying. Excellent work!

[@markusfuller]

Thanks Alex.

[@keyboardkingpin]

These really are great vintage video game sounding keyboards for the price.Great work alot of patience went into it. My favorite Roland electric piano would be the roland EP-11 I made a video showcasing it check it when you have time. Thanks!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4LcgJ-tgch3qJo

[@justovision]

"I've always got spares!" - Only Markus Fuller 😆

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

lol When I need a switch, I always have every type in the book _except_ the one I need...

[@ItamarBell]

I love your channel and videos , you bring comfort

[@markusfuller]

Thank you 🙂

[@stephaneparage2530]

glad to see you back !

[@m1ke1981]

Markus is a total Wizard man!

[@markusfuller]

Thankyou Michael

[@balzprojer9800]

What a lucky keyboard being found by markus fuller! Welcome back! And nice video, thanks!

[@godzil42]

I need skip bin like yours in my neighbourhood!

[@Natthander]

Dude, you find this in the trash! Unbelievable. And nice work.

[@markusfuller]

Yes it was in the trash waiting to go to the landfill I guess.

[@procta2343]

@@markusfuller A lot of good stuff seems to go to land fill, recycling way before their time. For a sake of watching a few videos on how to repair electronics and then having a go with a solder and iron. You save a bomb! Watching you gave me some idea on sorting out my Kurzweil K2600xs, and repairing my PC speakers, (damaged solder joint)

[@Lorddarthvader1701]

Hope all is well, hope to see more videos from ya, Happy New Year

[@CONCERTSEC]

Amazing what can be done with other people’s rubbish. Very enjoyable.

[@markusfuller]

Thanks Nigel. and I have plenty of my own rubbish here of my own :-)

[@CONCERTSEC]

@@markusfuller ha you mean Jason 😂

[@markusfuller]

CONCERTSEC Nigel Dawes I’m saying nothing 🤭

[@lachlanlau]

Damn that's a nice resto!

[@ianmedium]

Lovely to see a new video from you Markus. I hope all is well with you.

[@markusfuller]

Thanks Ian all is well. I’m just waiting for this covid lockdown to be lifted so I can get back to the carboot sales again.

[@ianmedium]

@@markusfuller Stay safe Markus and lovely to hear from you. Here in Austria our lockdown has now been extended to the 2nd May and we have a 24 hour curfew as well so we can only go out for work, Health or food or exercise but then again, our mortality rates and infection rates are very low compared to the UK so I can deal with that. I have my second Pfizer jab tomorrow so hopefully that will help things! Good luck with the car boot sales and remember to wear an FFP2 grade mask which is the only mask we are allowed to wear here now as it is much more effective than normal masks.

[@ANDREWB7360]

BRILLIANT MARCUS ITS AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN FIND THESE DAYS .

[@lucasdominguezandamoyo6245]

It's been nice to see you are here again. Thank you, Markus.

[@mattevans7884]

Hey Markus........where are you?? We're missing you and your videos!

[@davidchandler4587]

Good to see you back. Especially with a synth repair vid. Thanks

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

What a great day, Markus is fixing something! Have a nice weekend.

[@gordongate]

hope everythings ok, missing your fixit videos

[@mytefor]

nice to see you back, good luck with your boot fair hunting.

[@MARTINORMANCV]

Cracking Job Markus. Always nice to just find reflowing old solder solves the problem!

[@ThomasGrillo]

Hello Mark! Congratulations on restoring that keyboard! Thanks for the video. :)

[@markusfuller]

Thanks Thomas. I hope all is well. must catch up one day.

[@ThomasGrillo]

@@markusfuller All is well. Yes, we definitely need to tag-up, once I get Skype working, again.

[@adamsimmons631]

Good to see a new video upload. 👍

[@pbartmess]

It's so nice to watch one of your fixit videos again. I'm excited to see what you find at the carboot sales. I bet people have been eager to clean out their houses, so there might be some very interesting things!

[@markusfuller]

Hi Patrick. yes I’m looking forward to the carboot sales.

[@mima85]

What a little innocent electronic piano. So glad you saved it :-)

[@WesslansFilmprod]

Nice find :D Cheers Daniel of Eat and Listen channel

[@Projacked1]

Dang thats nice to find....I need one lol

[@StingrayOfficial]

Just sayin hi. Miss your videos!! Hope all is well.

[@markusfuller]

Hi to you too :-) yes all is well Thankyou very much.

[@mastercylinder1939]

Wow, imagine finding that!

[@w0mblemania]

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@rhombusbruh450]

Yesssssss, so happy for a new video. Love your work man.

[@sonssarnuty]

Great job 👍🏻

[@oldblokeh]

It's always good to see a new video from you, Markus. A good find and a very good restoration. I find that putting keys through the dishwasher works well and saves effort, but then I'm lazy :-)

[@markusfuller]

I just used a large bowl with washing up liquid and soaked them overnight. I have not got a dishwasher oh hang on I do it’s me LOL

[@ebutuoytm7560]

Hope all's well Markus, missing your excellent vids.

[@clydesight]

I love your videos! Thanks!

[@Thallishman]

Nice. Thanks for saving this one and sharing it here on youtube :)

[@StevePietras]

Great job man! Some beginner with no money would kill to have a item like that.

[@jamielynch8267]

Yay he’s back!!

[@_pilly]

Good restoration! I like the way you say Hoover hehe

[@markusfuller]

Yes I guess Im so used to calling the vacuum cleaner by a brand name and the vacuum cleaner I have is not even a hoover brand.

[@NickNorton]

6:43 I have exactly the same Solder Sucker. Blue Anodised Aluminium Top & Bottom.

[@johnhardig9754]

Thanks Markus! I love your videos so much. You got the perfect mix between Engineering/ repair and Synth/ music. Your you tube videos are the perfect companion for sitting at the bench with my soldering iron!

[@markusfuller]

Thank you very much John.

[@SamLowryDZ-015]

Excellent find and easy repair.

[@chriswareham]

Nice repair - not Roland's finest instrument, but great to see it saved. Particularly liked your attention to detail with the dust guards on the sliders and switches.

[@markusfuller]

Thank you Chris.

[@mattevans7884]

Why do I never find things like this laying about??? Good on you, Markus. Always love seeing your videos

[@6581punk]

I did see an old Casio synth outside someones house once. The sort that John Shuttleworth uses, wish I'd nabbed it.

[@mastercylinder1939]

My mate found a Korg 700 preset but out on bin night.

[@mattevans7884]

@@mastercylinder1939 Holy crap!!

[@PorchBass]

@@mastercylinder1939 wow life can be sweet

[@alandixon7248]

Great restoration Markus. The sounds it makes are typical of the era but yet still quite listenable. Nice to see you back on KZbin. Best wishes to you and Jason.

[@markusfuller]

Thank you Alan

[@DuckTronic]

Very nice! I recently got a broken Roland SA-09 for a good price and got it working again. Now I'm annoyed that I didn't make a video about it. Well, next time. 😅 Thanks for your instructive videos! 👍

[@waheex]

skiptastic find, nice one

[@Jonathan01ukk]

Wow! As a youngster I lusted over the Roland EP-09. How could someone just throw it away?!

[@markusfuller]

I'm pleased I saved it from the landfill.

[@fritsvanzanten3573]

Well, when knobs and sliders don't work anymore or crackle, your kids won't play it anymore, and you're not willing to sp3nd money on it, and don't want potential buyers to get angry at you for things not working and you have a lot of other things to do, and you're not tech-savvy....

[@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5]

Brilliant!

[@piperfox74]

Nice work!

[@oceanwatchesclaudejolly1742]

I just bought one st a recycle shop in very good condition working for -¥4400 around $39 With à phaser effect sound so good

[@tonalaxis]

Amazin find!

[@KodakKid]

That’s a brilliant restoration! Thank you for the video

[@timthompson468]

Great work. That does have a nice sound.

[@synthfellow]

I love to watch your videos! Repairing old vintage gear is the way forward in our world.

[@tomsmodeltime6662]

Great to see such a clear and nice video from Markus. It was quite a soothing and satisfying experience to watch this restoration. Thank you!

[@condensermike]

Great channel. I hope you are doing okay, you haven't made any videos in a while. Cheers.

[@Thedaanvo]

Wow, that turned out brilliantly! Very entertaining to watch too :-)

[@markusfuller]

Thanks Daan

[@sonodrome]

Great find! and nice repair :)

[@hydorah]

Wow Markus I doubt one of those has ever received such love. Mad to think that little jewel almost ended up at the tip... Until you wandered past! It may be limited, but what it can do is nice and there's no arguing with the price!

[@markusfuller]

Its sad to think how many keyboards are in the landfill. Im glad I saved this one.

[@DamnHeadHumpers]

it's a pretty nice looking synth

[@volt7cooltangs701]

Great video Markus

[@WinstonSmith1997]

I am in SF and I just found one on the sidewalk by Alamo Square. It has broken switches as well and does not power on. Ill be fixing it real soon! Thank you for the awesome video.

[@iixorb]

That EP-09 was lucky you happened to be walking past it !! I once tried to save a Roland E-20 in the electrical skip at our local tip - but the guys who worked there said it was too far out of reach and wouldn't let me try. Pity as it looked undamaged. Definitely landfill now :-(

[@lorenzosolerfuentes8209]

Yeaa!!! Great restoration...I was wondering if you would have dismounted the keyboard for cleaning!

[@markusfuller]

Glad i dismounted it as there was so much dirt under there.

[@MarcWeertsMusic]

Always enjoy your restoration videos! Great job!

[@markusfuller]

Thank you Marc

[@bolton368]

Cruise!

[@Nervejam]

I've got the same desoldering tool. Also from the 80s.

[@SQueme]

6:48 almost exact year vintage stain ... on vintage synth : no compatibility issues alway enjoy your repair restore videos !! especially the trick you found in 9:40 (using the "slider box" as a bridge) which is a nice trick but also the weak point of such a design (dried joints may occur more frequently on such sliders) -> putting extra wiring would help here to "sustain" the whole set for the next 40 years ?

[@markusfuller]

the next 40 years :-) it will certainly outlive me then LOL

[@SQueme]

​@@markusfuller and me too 🤣 ... theses things are built like "tanks", compared to what we have nowadays : the only problem is to find specific spare parts 40 years latter (or possibly 80 years ... with possibly even more difficulties 🤣)

[@gnarlysoundscapes7210]

Who could throw that in the trash? Great restoration, and good tips on what to look for when stuff isn't working right.

[@quikstiks4781]

Fantastic, bring on the car boots!

[@Chriva]

I just love Brits :D You have the coolest names for stuff

[@mattevans7884]

Which ones are you referring to?

[@SilhouetteBrick]

Always lovely content, very informative! Picked up an old JX-3P, and I'll certainly be using some of your pointers across a variety of your videos in restoring that!

[@movilandia]

Top explained Best Regards from Barcelona José Movilandia 😎💥💥👍

[@wallpurgesnight8209]

Nice find... Few hundred they fetch too...

[@Mind-your-own-beeswax]

Funnily enough I found an OSCar in a skip back in the mid 80s.

[@SXTransmission]

Funny to think there was a brief period around that time where analog synths were not wanted.

[@markusfuller]

Its sad to think how many synths have ended up in landfills over the years.

[@johannes914]

Bought one around 1982... Was actuelly my very first keyboard. Can't remember the price but is was cheap as I was student and had no money.

[@markusfuller]

Yes Im pleased I got one now. It has a really nice sound to it.

[@TheOpticalFreak]

No way you found it in a bin! 😍

[@mrz80]

Word of warning re: Deoxit products. Be good and darn sure you only use the F5 Faderlube on pots. DO NOT use the D5 Contact Cleaner! That's only for switch contacts and jacks/plugs. It will clean the carbon resistive element right out of a pot. :D

[@donbates3]

ah i once scored one of these with a silver roland gigbag. had to hock it!

[@rot_studios]

This kind of stuff really pisses me off. People throw way too much away! Oh well, more for you :D

[@PorchBass]

Great to hear from you Markus! Edit: no psu recap?

[@markusfuller]

the Caps all looked Ok to me, no leaks no bulging and the power output voltages were spot on.

[@TR-707]

markus we are all waiting for your push3 teardown :)

[@mamawau]

Disgusting on the outside, disgusting and broken on the inside, nice job fixing it. I'm impressed that you have so much fitting replacement parts for this ~40 years old tech.

[@markusfuller]

I’m lucky to have a good stash of vintage parts. they are like the family jewels to me.

[@aspectcarl]

❤️

[@everlilith6225]

Hi Markus love all your videos! I know you don't really do repairs requests anymore but do let me know in case you are interested in helping a Fisher SC-300 get back to life

[@markusfuller]

Hi Ever Lilith ,I’m bery Sorry but I decided to retire a while ago and only make these few videos to try and share something. I pick up a few items from car boot sales occasionally and sometimes make a video but I already have several keyboards and other things stacked in my garage that I just cannot find time to repair myself. my apologies.

[@megkalapnemadom]

The one and only important question: If Markus makes videos (or other intresting stuff) somwhere else on other platform, then where is it? I dont want to miss it. Thank You!

[@markusfuller]

Thankyou very much. I don’t make any more videos elsewhere, I just simply retired and dont make repairs anymore. I am truly sorry about that though Im always thinking one day I should get back into it just for a little longer. best wishes.

[@menacerisamir198]

hi Marcus , i got a modal Sculpt se , after 2 days of use , i got no sound from the unit , it would be very helpfull if you do a teardown of this little synth , thanks for sharing all the teardown you have made , i always learn something new

[@molitovv]

whered you go?

[@rolandexclusive6306]

those four patches definitely sound like the same osc, but going through different staged filters?

[@markusfuller]

its really only 2 sounds the piano and the harpsicord and i guess just filtered a little.

[@organfairy]

@@markusfuller It's basically home organ technology - squarewaves with lowpass filtering for pianos and highpass for harpsichord. Sometimes there is a bandpass for guitar, but that is not very often seen.

[@Envergure]

What is the ripply coating on the board? Spray flux? I repaired a Roland product that had that stuff, and it just flaked off really easily.

[@markusfuller]

probably just old flux.

[@VintageMusicGearTV]

Hi Marcus Great video, I have one of these keyboards with a broken switch, do you know where I could get a replacement from cheers Simon

[@markusfuller]

Hi Simon. which switch is broken ?. I got mine off a different old roland keyboard that was beyond repair but I dont think you can find them new any more. I think syntaur in the usa sells parts for old keyboards. where abouts on the globe are you ?.

[@VintageMusicGearTV]

@@markusfuller Hi Markus I’m in the uk, will check which one is broken and drop you another message, many thanks Simon

[@stevesynth]

Hi Markus haven’t seen you for ages are you still doing videos 🤔 lovely job on this restoration 👍

[@markusfuller]

Hi Steve. I have not made any videos for a long time as i have been busy doing other work. I havnt really been getting anything from the carboot sales so nothing to repair. sorry about that.

[@stevesynth]

@@markusfuller no problem Markus I was a little worried but glad all is well 👍 I love to restore old guitars and synths to but I moved to the Isle of Bute a few years back and there is not much here Kind regards Steve 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@midinotes]

Noticed Mark hasn't published anything for over 2 years... Mark, hope all is well and look forward to hearing from you soon. 😊

[@markusfuller]

Hi yes im still around. I kinda retired from making repairs and just could not find anything that needed repairing so never got sround to makimg any videos. I still have the camera and gear so maybe if i get some free rime I will try and do something for a youtube video. best wishes to you all.

[@spankenheim]

The next time I move I'm going to look for a location with good bins. You are a lucky man Markus. Love to see these.

[@procta2343]

Great find there markus! Sounds very 70s will you sell it on?

[@markusfuller]

I tend to try and keep these things rather than selling. maybe one day I could open a museum as I have far too many keyboards here.

[@procta2343]

@@markusfuller Great idea, there are computer museums popping up now. Will you do a video of your collection sometime? be great to see what other gems you own.

[@sideast]

✊🏻

[@entropybentwhistle]

Hi, Markus! I was wondering if you or any of your subscribers have ever opened a Studiologic Sledge synth before. I store my extra keyboards upright against the wall and the missus knocked the Sledge over with a laundry basket and unfortunately the end landed very loudly on the foot of the keyboard stand instead of the carpet (Murphy’s Law of Falling Synthesizers). I am worried about plugging it in without checking for cracked sound boards or the like. I just want to be forwarned against any surprises before trying to open the thing myself to inspect for internal damage. I would really be thankful to anyone with tips or links to info on accessing this unfortunate Sledge’s guts.