LA SynthCo

When my girlfriend picked up a used Roland Alpha Juno 2 and found it wasn’t working as perfectly as expected, Michael Boomer of LA SynthCo did a wonderful job of restoring her 1986 analog synth to full working order– Cleaning the board and replacing pesky key contacts for a fair price, while providing good communication through the whole process. He knows 80’s Rolands well. Highly recommended!

Boomer and the guys at LA SynthCo took care of me and have great knowledge of instruments, past (strong and sturdy) and present (not so much). I brought in a Yamaha DX-​7 to get some keys fixed, expecting to pay an arm and leg since it’s vintage, but these guys know their stuff and hooked me up! I paid way less than I was prepared to, so they deserve this humble write-​up. I recommend this place to anyone, and I’ll for sure come back and support their business!

I had a USB problem with my Maschine MIDI controller. I called Native Instruments and they told me I had to send it to them and it would cost $ 110.
I then called LA SynthCo (Boomer) on the phone, hoping for a faster and more affordable option, and he actually recognized from experience that it probably wasn’t in fact a hardware problem; I simply had to update the driver on my computer. He was absolutely right. He was extremely helpful and friendly and this was all over the phone.
He saved me $ 110 and weeks of not having my gear!

I’ve wanted to write this review for the longest time.
Michael Boomer at LASYNTHCO is the very best. He rescued my Korg Polysix keyboard synthesizer from purgatory. I’d recently gotten it back from a well-​known eBay synthesizer «spa» guru who took the better part of a year to install a modification that should’ve literally taken a day — only to end up damaging it! (This is a pages-​long saga destined for the gear forums to warn others of doing business with this particular person.)
I didn’t know what else to do but bring my synth in to Michael Boomer. He’d done some work on my Alesis Micron before, installing a lighted screen modification. It worked perfectly, and still does. It was a quick & pleasant experience too.
Anyway, I just left it with him. After five months of Michael Boomer methodically combing through each section of the Korg Polysix (piece by piece) he finally determined that the Kiwisix upgrade had been installed incorrectly, frying part of it. After we received replacement parts from KiwiTechnics (Thanks Murray!!!) Michael got my keyboard working again. I went from the worst sales experience to the dealing with the best guy ever. I was so relieved the ordeal was over. My keyboard is fixed and I have been making music on my synth ever since!!!
I can only begin to describe the debt I feel owe Michael Boomer for hanging in there, finding and fixing the mystery problem ailing my synth. Where others might’ve given up, he stuck with it. A note regarding manners: I personally cannot stand crabby repair people no matter how good their skills are with rare/​vintage musical gear. Well, Mr. Boomer is the very opposite of that surly set. He is a totally pro who conveys honesty and is a nice dude to boot. I’m honored that he would ask me to be the first person to write a review of his company LASYNTHCO on Unilocal.
Boomer — you rock, man.