> As for refurbishing the old pots, it can be done. The resistive elements > are 50K log, and I found that they cleaned up nicely and were OK and quiet > when I put them back in the circuit. I was a LOT of work, though, and I > think I'd only do this as needed. Check out the Caig products line for some > good stuff to use to clean them up and relube them. I think you can do a > pretty passable job without taking the pots apart (I disassembled mine), but > I think removing them from the PCB will make it a lot easier to get a good > shot of cleaner/lube in there. The pots are mounted with the openings > facing the PCB, which doesn't leave a lot of room to get the hose in there > to do a proper flush out.
Hi Don-- Great post. I would also mention that with my S2, we found that a lot of the scratchiness can be "worked out". Not that scientific, but if every time you EQ something you turn the pots like a wildman, they get a lot cleaner in a few months. M ------ View the list online at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] You can unsubscribe at anytime by sending an email to mailto:[email protected] with "unsubscribe neotek" in the message body. If you have any difficulties, or questions --please send an email to mailto:[email protected]. The Neotek list is lovingly hosted by Catapult Web. Remember that any message or reply sent to the list will be automatically forwarded to all subscribers. Vive Le Neotek! Thanks.
