I see what you did there.

Ahahah 😀

Ooof, you worked on ECU's? You're a braver man than I!

@@BradsGuitarGarage Older Toyota or Lexus ECU often just need the EL caps refreshed, its all through hole and the boards are STOUT!

Thanks! I try. Lol!

If you're able to rise above the snark and realize that maybe I'm very busy and maybe this isn't an instructional channel for noobs to follow in a noob like fashion and hurt themselves or destroy their gear, send me an email and we can discuss the project under development for drop in pcbs for this purpose. These don't come along very often here. This was also a rush-job so the work took preference over a silly KZfaq video.

I had one years ago, the original one, not the X100 version; I gave it to a kid, along with a no-name guitar. Sonically they're kind of a one trick pony, and the switches and controls have a tendency to become noisy and intermittent, especially the headphone jack (and the frequency response of the original headphones was designed to sonically compliment the device; it won't sound the same with replacement phones). Come to think of it, somewhere around here I have another Rockman, which I had picked up with a whole lot of stuff, effects pedals and such, at a flea market. Converting the power supply is a nice idea, since modern AA batteries are such leaker's, Especially when you wire them together in series because there always seems to be one battery that's a little off from the others and it takes a beating until finally it gives up the ghost and spills its guts. Perhaps a simpler way would be to put 2, 3 or 4 9Volt batteries in parallel and stuff 'em into the battery case, if they'll fit. I'll bet a couple of the new Eveready lithium non- rechargeable batteries would power this thing pretty well, But it sounds like you'd still need a voltage regulator for the 6 V supply....

email me and I can send you a new suitable supply, mate!

@@BradsGuitarGarage I have the X100, but my power supply was robbed of the end that goes into the Rockman. I remember years ago, (When I was dumb and in my teens), I cut the end off the adapter to use elsewhere. I still have the X100 Rockman and the adapter, without the end LOL

I saw that one! Amazing yet simple stuff. That's like the "Ralfy Effect" where my favorite whisky reviewer favorably reviews a whisky and it's price goes through the roof!

Tom sold the rights to Dunlap. I think he was satisfied with how successful he was in the effects manufacturing business. Dunlap of course still makes the Rockman Guitar Ace, but it does fall a bit short of the original. You can EQ it, and it helps it out some. I own a Rockman Distortion Generator. It is part of the rack modules SRD put out, I believe mid 80s is the date on it. To me, there's no other single device that makes the Boston sound.

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Nah, mate. These are mostly jellybean parts. If you've got bad BBD's these ones are easier to find than the Reticon chips. Everything else is generic. Sorry, Dunlop who?

Bear in mind that CoolAudio make BBD chips to suit Panasonic units as replacements. So you'd better fire up Eagle this long weekend, bloke!

@@BradsGuitarGarage some mob called 'dunlop' bought the rights to the x100 or some shit a gajillion years ago mate. and yeah nah not those dunlops i used to fry in my commodore back in the day, when the x100 was new actually ;) if its doable i'll plug it into eagle, just worried about the legal BS and who we need permission from?

That's not easy. It's a bipolar +/-6V supply, not sure what charger module or batteries you're planning to use and whether it would work. I'd suggest using a 12v battery and a DC-DC converter which may not be available in 6V as it's not a voltage generally used for digital gear. You may be able to use a 9v output and regulate it down with a linear regulator. No simple solution to that unless you develop your own power supply from the ground up, I'm afraid.

Learn electronics and diagnose it, or take it to a technician.

@@BradsGuitarGarage okay thanks. Also is it usual for a chip like the MN3011 just to die or are they rock solid? Bc thats the hardest part to find..

Nobody makes an MN3011 chip, currently. Companies like XVIVE make some replacements for other MN series chips. I can not speak for the likelyhood of it having failed in your particular unit. You'd need to test it to find out.

I've got a mini PCB designed now to retrofit with a 9VAC supply. Give us a shout out if you'd like to order one.

@@BradsGuitarGarage You still have these? I need one.

Depending where you are, I could ship you a regulated supply to fit once I make a few of them if you wish to restore it. Reach out via email. I'm easy to find on Google.