Reel to Reel Restoration/Repair

Thanks, guys. I really appreciate you responses. I did come across the contact in New Mexico and will explore further. I would rather not ship if I can find someone within driving distance. I live on Long Island, New York.

Mike, not sure if the Teac is the right rig, but price was right - free. I'd prefer a 15ips rig that I could use for the Tape Project tapes, but think I will start with the Teac to see how much I actually use it. I'm comfortable investing a grand into the Teac. I think I can always sell it and recover most of the cash. Thank you all again. If anyone knows someone local, please let me know.

I had my Tascam 3030 restored at NJ factory service. They are an authorized teac/tascam repair facility. They are located outside ny city not far from you

Thanks, Apachef1. You post prompted me to do a search for Teac Authorized Service (duh!) and I found three on Long Island, and I will be contacting them Monday morning. I just ordered some tapes and take up reel on Ebay so I can see what the problem is.

I should be enjoying R2R soon.

Thanks, everyone.

Enjoy reel to reel is a very different experience than any other format

Threading a tape or watching two big M's going round and round, there is not much more fun (other than listening)you can have is there ???