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Diemer Repair Bio
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After studying electronics in high school and physics in
college, Richard Diemer joined a physics grad school folk rock band.
Naturally, this led him to an interest in electric guitar and amplifier circuits.
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 Whole Wheat
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 Bunk Bench
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Friends and bandmates began asking Diemer to fix their busted gear and
he stepped in to fill the need of his community.
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In 1973, Diemer opened a guitar and amp repair shop on Milwaukee's East
Side.
In addition to instrument repairs and modifications, the shop sold strings,
picks, parts, and magazines.
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 Parts & Accessories
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 Early
Amp Shop
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 Incoming Amps
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Before long, Diemer added combo organs, electric pianos and synthesizers to
his repair roster...
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 Early Synthesizer Shop
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 Open Concept
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 Various Repairs
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Moog® & Arp® Instruments
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In 1980, Diemer headed West to repair gear at shops in and
around Hollywood.
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Hollywood, U.S.A.
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During the software boom of the mid 1980s and early 90s, Diemer wrote MIDI sequencing and editing apps for the Commodore-Amiga
PC, the first multitasking, parallel processing personal computer.
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He coded his Sequel MIDI sequencer in low-level assembly
language rather than C, further boosting its performance.
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After Mac and Microsoft OSs took over the world,
Diemer refocused his attention on musical instrument repair.
He learned HTML to satisfy his penchant for writing code and designed
this website to tell repair stories,
share resource links, and sell replacement parts.
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 Busted Gear
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 Yamaha® MOTIF XF8
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——— SCI Prophet 5 ——— Cordovox CDX-0652 —
Akai AX60
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Working from his home in the San Fernando Valley, Diemer continued to repair
for Los Angeles, Ventura, Orange, San Berdoo, Riverside, Kern, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and San Diego counties.
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"If It Ain't Broke, Break It."
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Gibson® E.H.185
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Fender® Blackface
Super Reverb
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Suzuki® Omnichord
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Korg® SG-1D
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Moog® Source
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Polk Slide Theremin
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 108-Pin Thingamajig
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"I like the whole idea of music, electronics,
doubly-linked lists, and invisible forces." -RD
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®See trademark owners
HERE.
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