When i bought it it looked like this
I opened it up to clean it and realised this wasnt its original colour.
It really was taupe gray before, but the years had the plastic chassis yellowing
I decided to restore it to its original colour (or as close as i could…)
After 5 months of great fun, I had to open it up because the output went silent.
Gutshots of the Hohner Basset!
Lets start with the DIN jack that connects it to the bass amp..
Keyboard:
Circuit board and caps jungle:
Inside the white enclosure there’s a lamp and a ldr.. this assembly is the actual “percussion” section.
You press a note on the keyboard, the light goes off slowly (sustain) according to the knob position, when not in auto mode.
Video below..
Pcb: 3.1967!!
Ahem this means the caps have been doing their job for 50 long years! Only one of the capacitors has failed, please note- the blue valvo 100uF cap now measures 1uF!
Output DIN and 3 pronged jack, fuse
Video showing the lamp going off when a note is keyed.
Masuto's 
