Where to Get a Tuner Repaired?

I have a Korg DT-1 that I've had forever and it recently started acting up. It lights up, but it doesn't respond to input. The tuning LEDs don't sweep. I opened it up and blew it out with compressed air and contact cleaner. (My #1 SOP for electronic problems!) No broken wires or obvious breaks in the signal path. Does anyone fix these? It would be a shame to just throw it out.

Did you put a cable in while you had it open? Maybe the contact has moved over time and just needs to be bent back into place.

Dan

It would be a shame to just throw it out.

Not if you replaced it with a StroboStomp!

Seriously though, I'd go with Daddydex's suggestion; it could likely be the input jack.

So I sprayed it with compressed air followed by contact cleaner on the switches and cleaned the jacks with a small bottle brush I have just for that purpose. Put it back together and it's working fine. That's the fourth thing I fixed lately using that technique. One was an electric buddah, the other was a Marshall amp and the other was a telephone. Almost as good as duct tape and WD-40! :wink:

one of the best ways of fixing anything, IMO. gotta start with simple first, before you go at it with a soldering iron.