ribbon cable repair?

[TC Chris]

In a moment of genuine stupidity (as opposed to fake stupidity) I was removing CD player transport to replace the belt and managed to break the flat ribbon cable that supplies everything to the laser mechanism. The traces are TINY and there are lots of them. I had wondered about one of those conductive-ink pens but the traces are really too small.

The ribbon cable appears to be a proprietary item. Any suggestions for a fix or a work-around?

Or maybe somebody has a parts machine for an old Technics SL-P310 player?

Chris Campbell