repairing a pedal HALP

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:43 am

i am a few days away from getting an old pedal back from a friend. pedal is a marshall echohead delay i bought when i was 16. it has a broken volume knob which is unfortunately all the way down. if it were all the way up, i would feel no need for repair. now i'm not a chap who is willing to pay another hundred dollars for a new delay, so what are my options to either fix (i.e turn it up) it with no new parts, and how do i know what specific pot i need if i decide to replace it? thanks and sorry for the meandering post.

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:50 am

Probably needs a new pot.

Take it apart and see what value the broken one has written on it. Then go to www.smallbearelec.com to get a replacement. Solder that bad boy in and yr in business. You'll probably need the smallest pot they stock.

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 4:51 am

is there any way to turn the volume up in the mean time untill i get it settled? thanks for the halp.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:23 am

you could solder a few wires together to eliminate what the pot is doing, but then again they use pots that have a certain resistance for a good reason. Even if you were to get in there you might as well replace a pot whole you were at it.

Post by **Doog** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 10:40 am

Presuming the pot itself still works but the shaft has just broken off, you could always just use a very beefy adhesive resin and create a new shaft.

I did the same with my ancient 8 track; screwing a small, fat screw into the plastic shaft remains with some Araldite to keep it in there.

This post has many sexual overtones.

borrowedworld · Post by **borrowedworld** » Fri Jul 30, 2010 5:06 pm

nah if anything sexual overtones are appreciated, and with all the screwing and sticking together it's come to be expected. in seriousness though you're saying i can drive a small screw in there with some industrial adhesive? i'm assuming i have to be uber careful as not to puncture the pot itself? i'm new at pedal repair but i figure repair is the first step towards building them.