Retrolinear
Synthesizer Repair
"To provide our clients with professional, detailed, and reliable vintage musical equipment repairs, restoration services, and products. Our work will enable our clients to reach their full creative and artistic potential."
There is a lot of pride and joy attached to owning pieces of music history. The sound, look, feel, and quality are second to none. At Retrolinear, we insure that your piece of history will be able to deliver the same kind of quality performance it did decades ago -- day after day, gig after gig. There are few people that have the expertise to restore or repair such equipment correctly, and fewer still who actually understand how the equipment works. We leverage our engineering experience and musical ear to provide the very best sounding equipment that is also highly reliable. Musicians need to know that when they flip the switch, their equipment will provide them with the sound and performance they expect. We make that a reality at RetroLinear. Read more
6 recommendations
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Tim and his team are super thorough. I purchased an Octave Cat in complete disrepair. His team completely overhauled it - recapped it, cleaned out the sliders, calibrated it and it is now good as new. Highly recommended!
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Absolute professionals. This is where many professional gigging musicians, including Steely Dan and Norah Jones, get their keyboards fixed. They will fix any synthesizer, and they have a specialization in electromechanical keyboards, including Hammonds and Wurlitzers.
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Patrick Fink
I wish there were more people like Tim Warneck in the world.
Original recommendation
I find it rare that someone is so committed to their work. Tim doesn't do a good job simply to make a paycheck, to make a name for himself, or to please the customer. He does a good job because he thrives on getting quality vintage instruments into the hands of musicians. In the process though, he certainly pleases the customer. I couldn't be happier with my rhodes.
His prices are more than fair, he is very responsive with problems, and ridiculously knowledgeable.
I've only known Tim and his work for about a year, but everything is perfect or better than expected. I plan to use him as my tech as long as possible. -
Jim Clark
I rate Tim Warneck a 5+++! My wife, a former piano teacher, and I were very fortunate to discover Tim on your web site. The amplifier in our Home wooden Rhodes piano failed, and I dreaded handing it to one of the music stores in our city.
Original recommendation
The experience with Tim from start to completion was excellent. His expertise is outstanding. -
Sine Studios
Once again, Tim has done an amazing job fixing, restoring, and enhancing a vintage instrument. This time is was a Hammond C3. Thanks so much for your fine work and service. Excellent service and easy to deal with. Thank you very much.
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Dirty Larry
THE PRODIGY IS ALIVE!!!
Original recommendation
What can I say? The gentleman who serviced my moog is a real pro and he'll gladly take on any monosynth projects...I can put people in touch with him should anyone need any servicing. He knows his stuff...a real pro and a stand-up guy for sure.
He cracked the bad boy open and knew where to start. He brought the 2nd OSC back to life, replaced all the capacitors and checked every solder joint...and then some. He even managed to upgrade everylittle thing inside of the prodigy to bring it up to date by way of the final 1984 production standards. There's a whole lot more that he did for this...but I can't remember every detail. He gave the keys a bath, replaced a faulty decay pot, and he even threw in an air freshener.
Tim, if you're reading this... thank you so much. I still have the ziplock bag of dead parts as a momento of this epic 10-month struggle to get my hands on a prodigy. Prodigy #1312 is alive and well...
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Summer of Sound 2017
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