How did your friend end up going getting his M1 operating again, did he end up checking out patch banks and build up a good internal set?

PS - I was on an Alaskan cruise a couple of weeks back and on the way back to Seattle dropped into Victoria BC for a few hours. I thought of you when we stopped there. Great city shboom. It has a lot of character and would be a good place to gig around I'd guess.