I've just acquired my dad's old akai 4000DB which has been slumbering in its original box undisturbed for the last 30-ish years, and prior to that had extremely minimal use, and visually is in mint condition.
It's not all good though as it has been stored in a damp-ish environment and with the wooden case off peripheral areas of the chassis are showing corrosion, although the main gubbins inside seen pretty pristine.
After a quick check over/clean I fired her up and all 'seems' to be working ... not actually tried recording yet, waiting until reassembly.
I don't have any lights on the front panel though .... no VU meter lights, no record light, no Dolby light ... nowt! .... any ideas from you clever people out there? ... fuse maybe? ... i'm the first to admit I'm no good with this kind of elektrickery ;^(
Thanks, Steve