I messed up left the fourth reel rings ware my son could get to them. :oops: Now the tape that I had marking the start point for the strip is missing. I thought I remember the number on the reel frame that the joint was on but when I put the old strip back on does not line up when you play machine. Can somebody look at there Babel. If you look from the top down on the reel you will see the numbers on reel frame. You might have to take off plastic cover to see it better. It is held on with two thumb screws. Tell me at what number the strip starts at. The second thing I need help with is the volume. I was going to use the resister ladder for the sound mod. But on my babel the volume switch that I see on the left side of the reels has three settings but not much change in volume. Is this the same on other Babels? If this is so then the ladder I don,t think will work. Laz.