Tai Fu wrote: Kinda weird a lawyer making good money cheaps out on his gears... but I guess it's his money. At least he's willing to pay according to the amount of work it takes to fix it (but he would have actually saved money AND given me more work had he bought high quality gears that are easily serviced).
The circuit board isn't that hard to desolder and repair assuming I can find replacement pots. Unfortunately this pot is completely sealed, like really well sealed that I can find no opening to spray contact cleaner into. I guess I'll just remove the offending part and find out where I can find replacements. Radio Shack like shops are everywhere in Taiwan and they always have the parts.
Hopefully these experiences will teach him to not cheap out on things.
I really don't get the insult directed at your client...
it's a known name brand which most people would assume implies a certain level of kwality (misspelling intentional), probably made in the CCP and actually *edited*.
either way, pots getting scratchy is a fairly common issue...I've had it happen with both amps and guitars I hadn't played in ages and those were American made products (though I can't honestly say where the pots were manufactured, but I can say my stuff is from the 80's)...my solution was to simply rotate the pots back and forth repeatedly and the problem was solved.
I suggest you be appreciative of the fact you have incoming work as opposed to complaining about stuff like this...next time instead of whining (you want some cheese?) take a confident approach about it all and assure the customer you know how to fix it since you now have experience in it...
oh, and remember a certain law of physics...it's called entropy...read up on the concept and come to grips with it...
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