JAMECO RELIAPRO KIT-APC Forrest M. MIMS III Atari Punk Console Kit

Ok, it’s like this. I never, I mean never leave a long review. Even if its a negative one. Well let me sum up this heaping pile of garbage. I will not embellish one bit when i tell you. I received a warped plastic box, missing potentiometer (which luckily i had one on hand from another project), a broken switch, some screws, a few other pieces and instructions that would even make Steven Hawkings go mad! The worst instructions of all times.Now by all means this is the worst kit i ever put together. You will definitely need to know electronics and or some electrical engineering stuff. I have been working on computers and electronics for over 40 years and never again! I tossed it in the trash. Also the case is a joke it will have to be heavily modified to make the stuff fit!! Wasted 7 hours of my life!!! Yes 7! Not the 1 as it claims in the useless instructions. And it wasn’t the soldering that held me up, it was the horrible cheap toxic case they sent that was also damaged to begin with. Please if you take anything from this review, please walk the other way. I should of just skipped this purchase but huge lesson learned!-10/10 or ten thumbs down.

Everything other reviewers said, but I think they were being generous. This is an older and well established project that many diy synth kits offer, but this one's instructions are not as well written, parts not sourced well, etc. I'll give am 2 stars for including all the parts.

Fun and easy to put together, unfortunately the most trouble I had should have been pretty straight forward. The potentiometers aren't quite long enough to give you enough thread on the other side to attach the nut. Also, the knobs don't fit them either. Modifications can be made, but I wasn't expecting mismatched parts in a kit. It'll stay unfinished for now until I find a more unique enclosure for it, and pick up the correct parts.

Works as advertised, but instructions could have been a little clearer. Volume is quite low & the potentiometer for volume is barely functional. The case has no pre-drilled holes for knobs, board mounting or speaker grill, so that adds a lot of trouble. Jameco is a household name for me & I am a little disappointed in this kit, especially with FMM3s name on it.

This was very fun to build and had good instructions i thought. And it sounds awesome :D