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Volume pedal pots

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 7:15 pm
by Penny Custureri
Does anyone out there use "tumer oil" to clean out their volume pedal? I have a Goodrich and its starting to crackle.

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Posted: 13 Jun 2007 9:31 am
by Paul Norman
I would reccomend Contact Cleaner.
This is evaporative and will not gum up the pot.
Oil will gum it up.

Posted: 13 Jun 2007 10:50 am
by Mike Wheeler
Make sure you use a contact cleaner/lubricant. This will clean out the contaminants and leave proper, and necessary, lubrication behind.

edit: that's electronic contact cleaner/lubricant. Radio Shack's version is here....
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Re: Volume Pedal Pots cleaning

Posted: 13 Jun 2007 6:12 pm
by Penny Custureri
What kind of store would you find Contact Cleaner?
Can you describe please, specifically how to clean the pots in the Goodrich volume pedal? It is a model 120 Thanks for all of your help!

Pennyeah2@aol.com

Posted: 13 Jun 2007 8:17 pm
by Russ Little
PENNY,
I bought two new pots and put in a couple of my pedals
and they were scratchy in two weeks.
I drilled a small hole in the cover and shot them with contact cleaner and it fixed them right up.
You can get the cleaner at most any electronics store.
I got mine at radio shack
good luck
Russ

Posted: 14 Jun 2007 7:53 am
by Charles Davidson
In the past year have had three new pots put in two goodrich pedals,they were bad in about two weeks[the originals in both pedals lasted about 7 or 8 years]Can not afford one of those $300.00 pedals every one talks about,bought a Morley Little Alligater pedal for about 60 bucks,work fine and no more noisy pots.It's noise free going through the board in the studio.