MPC 2500 - Quick Restore
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Normally when I do restorations I try and get the instrument as close as possible to mint. There is nothing nicer than it looking pretty much factory fresh in the studio. I thought with this sligthtly tired 2500 I would go another route. Fix it up so its not a eye sore but not make it perfect, just get it to a point to enjoy and use it and see how things go from there. Hope you find this inetersting. :D
Hope your doing well
Mike
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hey mate, loved the video
do you do repair services by any chance? i also got a mpc 2500 cheap and its having a couple of problems.
please let me know. :)
Do your self a favour and get JJOS on that thing :D
I have the free version at the moment, but will upgrade for sure :D
Love your videos man, just wondering if you posted the video of the 2500 paint job, planning on doing mine soon and looking for best results like yours , much respect from the UK.
Thanks man! Sorry I did not film that part if I remeber correctly. I use a few tricks .. one is to mask of the area to as small as possible with high quality painters tape (the Blue 3M stuff) then just use a spray can very lightly (a lot less than you would think, just use more the spray 'mist' than trying to get it wet). Another is for very small areas\scratches to get a very fine black paint pen (not a sharpie .. must be matte black paint pen) and very carefully cover the scratches. If you check out my MPC60 restoration video you will see you can also use acrylic paints and a fine art brush if you go very slowly that also looks OK :D
Once Akai was sold to Numark these units were cheaped out on component wise. It's a shame!
I think for the classic soul of the MPC changed, also modern construction is so different than was was done 15 - 20 years ago! :D
How did you get all the stickers back
On the MPC?
Stickers ?
Did you try to clean the switches first? My beat up cheap 2500 had a few dodgy tacts, a couple totally dead, some intermittent. Compressed air and then contact cleaner brought them back to life and they been fine ever since.
Hey David, no, I find the little bit it costs to replace the switches is easier than fixing them now only to have them possibly go bad again in the near future. I think it was $30 for all the switches and an afternoon's work to get it all done! Should last another 10-15 years trouble free! :D
Did you replace the pots? Mine are starting to die eughh
Nope, mine were OK. The pots look OK to replace as long as you go slowly and don't try ansd force anything :D
Great video.. A 1 👍.. Did you ever do a video on how to touch up the paint? ..what did you use to match with it?
Check out my MPC60 restoration part 2 for one way to do it. Another is to use blue painters tape and mask off the whole MPC besides the area you need to fix then find spray paint thats a very close match and apply as little as possible (I used this method on my MPC 2500). Hope this helps :D
What color black is the spray paint? I am looking to fix some spots.
I just used a Matte Black and made sure I was almost not spraying it on to keep it super thin. for very small parts I would suggest using a very fine art brush to apply. Hope this helps :D
i need to do the same…can you tell me what switches i need to buy? i want to change them all.
These are what I used : www.element14.com/alcoswitch-te-connectivity/1825910-6/tact-switch-spst-0-05a-24vdc-solder/dp/2456210.
Thank you sir. Always love your videos!
Thanks Nate :D
Brilliant restore! Seems the screen is perfect
Indeed, I suspect its right on the start of the LED backlight era! :D