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Synths When - I love the name! Thanks for this - I may hand this over to pros at some point. As it is I've clipped off components that mount in bad traces and have sucked out the bits left behind. Scraping up the toasted traces is not easy by any stretch. But I'm wondering if that's really necessary ...

Hi Nickle15! Thanks for the reply! I'm not a lot further ahead - winter is when I do my 'tinkering'. But it sounds like I'm in better shape than you are. My PolySix is complete - it just has the 'fried' main board from the battery leak. And the front corners of the case are pretty chewed-up. Crappy ...

Originally posted in New Members Section, but is probably more appropriate here. Twenty years ago I picked up a PolySix for $25 at a garage sale. Yes - it has the battery leak issue. And now I'm going to tackle it. Around then I happened on http://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/korg/polysix/repair3 ...

Yikes! The above is probably in the wrong forum topic. Please admin - move these where appropriate with my apologies.

Ok, the B3 is done. So, onto the PolySix. Years ago I happened on http://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/korg/polysix/repair3.html Back "then" he offered a swap service whereby he would swap a repaired board for a damaged one for $100. But no reply these days ... So, DIY is the option here ...

Hi all. Joining this forum because I'm about to embark on fixing a PolySix that has the dreaded battery-leak issue. I got it for $25 about fifteen years ago at a garage-sale, so it's a 'find', but a boat anchor unless I can fix it. So I'll be looking for info on repairs for this issue, or possibly ...