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Vintage gearrepairs and modifications

  • Est. 2026
  • Repairs & mods
  • Vancouver, WA · Portland metro
Soldering a circuit board at the workbench, boards and tools spread across the table

About

Hey, my name is Carson!

I'm a tech based out of Vancouver, WA. For most of my life I have had an interest in old things. I learned to solder at a young age, and growing up, I was always taking things apart to figure out how they worked. As I got older, I became more and more into music as well. Naturally, these two interests collided.

I began finding and fixing (and sometimes modifying) old pieces of used gear to record the song ideas I was coming up with. A few years into doing this, I ended up building an analog recording studio out of all the vintage gear I had repaired. It didn't take long for people to take notice and start bringing me their own gear to work on. Through doing this, I have had the pleasure of repairing some very cool and very rare pieces of analog equipment. After getting several years of experience under my belt I decided to make things more official and start Tidland Audio.

I work with both local customers and those at a distance. Ship me your broken gear and I'll send it back fully serviced and working. I offer tech work for:

  • Tape machines: reel to reels, portastudios, and tape echos
  • Mixers: recaps and mods (direct outs, transformer balanced inputs, and more)
  • Pedals
  • Rack gear and more

Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. I am happy to answer questions about specific pieces of gear or to chat about any of your repair or modification needs!

Work

Recent work

Here are a few examples of things I have worked on recently.

  • TASCAM Portastudio 464 four-track cassette recorder and mixer
    TASCAM Portastudio 464
  • TEAC Model 5 analog mixing console
    TEAC Model 5
  • Fostex R8 reel-to-reel tape recorder with reels threaded
    Fostex R8
  • Yamaha MT120 multitrack cassette recorder powered on
    Yamaha MT120
  • Yamaha EM-90 mixer on the workbench
    Yamaha EM-90
  • Ensoniq ESQ-1 digital wave synthesizer
    Ensoniq ESQ-1
  • Maestro EM-1 Echoplex tape delay unit
    Maestro EM-1 Echoplex
  • TASCAM MSR-16 reel-to-reel tape machine
    TASCAM MSR-16

For sale

Check out my Reverb

I frequently come across cool pieces of vintage gear, and I can't hold on to all of it. On my Reverb, you'll find these things including gear I am selling from my personal studio, custom-modded vintage gear, as well as deals on personal projects I ran out of time for. Take a look!

Music

Recorded in my Studio

For those who are curious, you can find the music I make via the links below. Everything is recorded and produced by yours truly using the gear I have repaired.

Get in touch

Repairs & custom modifications

Tell me what you have and what you need. I will reply with whether I can take it on, and a rough idea of timeline if I can.

Have photos? Email them to hello@tidlandaudio.com after you submit, or attach them when I reply. Shots of the inside help a lot.