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I think I fixed it. I decided to start out with subbing various resistors in place of the missing SMD. If that didn't work, I'd go with caps. I tacked a 1 meg pot across where the SMD went and turned it down until the picture improved. I ended up soldering a 750 ohm resistor across the two thru-hole components that led to the SMD traces. Given all the delicate traces in this set and the number of questionable caps + the resistor that I tacked in, this thing looks like a hack job if there ever was one. This is one of those cases where I'm not interested in "pretty". Now, maybe I can sell it and put the money towards some of my older, better quality, USA made stuff.
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