“This JD800 does NOT have the dreaded keyboard glue issue (it was fixed many years ago before it became a problem) – however please read for known issues and restoration work.
Hate to part with this as its been a labor of love for several years.
I picked it up from a church in Manila, The Philippines (if you can believe it!) while travelling. Plastic end caps look pretty beat but the metalic face is in good shape. End caps could be replaced to make it look as beautiful as it should be.
Most buttons and sliders did not work so I ordered and replaced w/ new old stock roland parts….soldered them all in one at a time and cleaned the insides. Sliders and buttons are now smooth and easy like new. Modified the PSU for 110V.
Keyboard was 100% functional until a drop a few years ago cracked the right plastic end cap and unseated the ribbon that connects the keyboard (notoriously a PITA to seat correctly). I was able to get it to reseat but lost functionality of the top right 5 keys (see pic). Keyboard occaisonally “freaks out” and starts triggering randomly once every few weeks and requires a power cycle. The above are annoying but not worth taking it apart and trying to re-seat the ribbon IMHO, so I’ve dealt with it.
So we have a JD800 with no glue issues and 90% new sliders and buttons that sounds absolutely fantastic…but has some livable issues. If you are technical and can source parts you could replace the end caps and re-seat the ribbon, or you could take the guts out of this unit and place into a cosmetic perfect unit that had the glue issue and you’d be set.” Click here to visit listing on eBay