COBER Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Hello from Germany, my RG from 2007 worked well until some weeks ago when tuning was impossible. I opened a powerhead and found two problems: --- a very little rubber belt that was broken, and --- different lengths of the cables which are packed in plastic and make the contact from powerhead to headstock. Tronical offers only complete powerheads, but I want to repair mine. I have not yet found a belt that fits and not yet a way to make the cables the same length. Who has an idea, who can help? Many thanks in advance. COBER (I do not have computer access now and will upload pics later if necessary.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiedemies Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Hi! Did you ever find suitable rubber bands? I have a same problem on mine: all six rubber bands are broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COBER Posted March 15, 2021 Author Share Posted March 15, 2021 Hi, tiedemies [from US?], you are the first one to react, but I am sure there are more Gibson Robot Guitar owners with the problem of broken rubber bands. I have tried hard to find rubber bands with the dimensions 0.7 mm (cord size) x 1,3 mm (diameter), but there are none. Really annoying. Someone sent me bands a bit thicker, but they were too long. I tried to shorten them and wanted to glue them together, but it has not worked yet. I have just got Loctite 406 and will have another attempt on glueing. If Loctite works, the next thing to do will be to buy a band sold by the meter and glue my own bands - as I have (like you) some more bands broken. I will keep you informed, if you like. Have a nice day! PS: One thing I read about was to produce bands with a 3D scanner or with plaster cast etc. - if everything else fails, I will try this as I know a dental technician familiar with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiedemies Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 COBER, I'm from Europe (Finland to be precise). I haven't been having much luck with the bands either. I got my Robot Les Paul a while ago without the charger box. I was kinda lucky in that Tronical had one for sale. I got the box, saw that the charging works, but tuners did not move, only made noise. So I opened them up and saw that the band were broken. Now, I don't know if they will work with new bands or could there be something else going on, but I'd be interested to try. Gluing the bands might be the best next step for me too. I'll keep you posted. Have a good one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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