just ordered a minty Space Echo RE201

[rfurtkamp]

I have a dedicated Roland shrine.

They don't play well with others.

[culturejam]

if you're having trouble with replacement parts you might wanna have a chat with Shane from echofix.com
he has quite a few replacement parts fabricated for his store and restored a lot of older stuff, really nice dude.

For me it's mostly about price/cost. I can buy all the parts in one place from EchoFix, or I can spend 1/10 the cash and get the parts from multiple suppliers. Plus, I geek on the details of all that stuff, so buying it from experts kinda ruins the geeky fun.

I'll be getting a pinch roller from EchoFix, however. Can't find that shit anywhere, and the tooling costs to have them made in China don't really justify the existing market (which is pretty small). But just about everything else (bearings, switches, nuts, screws, felt, springs, and the like) can be found from various suppliers for relatively little money.

I will be pimping out mine by lasering up a custom tape assembly "top cover". Should be fun.