Roland TD-12 and TD-20 get lifeline

For at least the past four or five years, Roland TD-12 and TD-20 owners have become increasingly frustrated as their LCD screens began to die. The display tended to dim and fade and eventually die completely. Replacement screens were no longer available and many had to resort to desoldering and resoldering troublesome displays in a last-ditch attempt to prolong the life of their modules. Since then, many drummers have been desperate for replacement displays, without which their modules are useless. Well, the wait is over, with not one, but two sources of replacement screens emerging almost simultaneously. The first was from Freedom Products, a one-man Brazilian company headed by professional drummer Netto Scaff. Like so many others, Scaff was faced […]