Record Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 I have a buddy that has a volume pedal for his bass and it's making a crackling dirty almost bad connection sound when you move it. Could it be a bad potentionmeter in the pedal or is it just really dirty, what would be the best cleaner for that. Also it't not any of the cables going into it!! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oiled Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 TheDude suggests using electronic contact cleaner, as it won't fuck up the pedal during cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offramp Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Caig DeOxit or Caig ProGold GP5. Unbelieveable stuff. I've upped my standards; now, up yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted December 10, 2002 Share Posted December 10, 2002 Try the above first, but I know first hand that there's a lot of worthless volume pedals out there. Back when I played pedal steel I went thru [i]four[/i] of them before I found one that (a) wasn't noisy, and (b) lowered the volume all the way to zero. Does he have a new pedal? Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnb Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 Do you guys know of a good volume pedal? I was horribly unhappy with my Earnie Ball volume pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sylver Posted December 11, 2002 Share Posted December 11, 2002 [quote]Originally posted by tnb: [b]Do you guys know of a good volume pedal? I was horribly unhappy with my Earnie Ball volume pedal.[/b][/quote]That's the one I always hearing about being the cat's whiskers. I really don't know what to put here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Record Posted December 11, 2002 Author Share Posted December 11, 2002 That's what this guy has the Ernie Ball and it seems to be sturdy and built pretty good, he loved it until the other day when it started making noise!!! Thanks for the advice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtrmac Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 Remember that pots are lubed to prevent them from wearing out from friction. Caig makes a cleaner for pots I think but in many cases it is best to just put a new pot in. I go through a pot in about two years in my Vox Wah Wah and I tried cleaning them for years but after cleaning they don't last very long. Mac Bowne G-Clef Acoustics Ltd. Osaka, Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shex Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 this may seem like a stupid question, but what's the point of a volume pedal? wouldn't you just change the setting on the guitar/bass circuit or amp? unless you need to change at real time [i]during[/i] a song... but i can't see why you'd need to do that... and if you really did, you could just play harder/softer to get a louder/quieter noise... anyways, i'm probably missing something, and im gunna be made to look stupid, but better to have found out than kept quiet and never learnt. - roses on your breath but graveyards on your soul - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audiobotica Posted December 17, 2002 Share Posted December 17, 2002 Morley. Built like a tank and uses an optical sensor not a potentiometer. Yours in Music, Ben Fury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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