Re: EDP woes II

[Bob Weigel <sounddoctorin@imt.net>]

Remove it and send a photo and I likely have something that will work.  
On my site www.imt.net/~sounddoctorin/synthtec is a parts link that has 
a bunch of parts houses including 'all electronics' which often has 
economical pots that will replace a lot of things. Lots of places on 
line though.  But I might save you some time if I recognize it or 
sometimes you can just cross wire (ie. flip a lugged pot over and wire 
across the two outside leads so they match up the right direction so you 
don't reverse it :-). ) and this has the advantage of never cracking 
again since the pot board isn't attached to the circuit board so that if 
it gets stressed it cracks there.  These are built pretty well though so 
I don't know if that's a possibility unless the nut got loose or 
something. -Bob

Michael Plishka wrote:

>I did open the box Bob and had a tough time getting one screw out so I
>couldn't totally undo it.  I have a gig tonight (sans EDP but maybe with a
>Rang) but tomorrow I'll try and get closer to it to see what it looks 
>like.
>If it is cracked, do you have nay idea what the replacement is?
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>Thanks!
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>Plish
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bob Weigel [mailto:sounddoctorin@imt.net]
>Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 6:01 PM
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: EDP woes II
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>Hmm.  Might have taken a hit and you have a cracked poteniometer board.
>I could open one and see how they are built.  I can't recall.  But
>likely it's a pc mount pot where either the solder is broken or the
>whole bakelite piece or whatever the potentiometer's resistive material
>is layed on inside is cracked. -Bob
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>Michael Plishka wrote:
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>>Hi All!
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>>The output knob on my Gibson EDP is crackling and cutting in and out.  
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>>I push
>>in on the knob it quiets down but otherwise it's nasty.  Is seems like 
>it's
>>much easier to turn than the other knobs as well.  I tried some contact
>>cleaning stuff I bought at Radio Shack and not really helping.
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>>Thoughts?
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>>Thanks,
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>>Plish
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