ray charles,stevie wonder wah pot test.

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Yeah #1 just jumped out at me from the beginning, it must have spoke to me on a subconscious level and that’s why I picked up on it

Btw my Wah is a Pigdog but has a Castledine pot

Likely so
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Speaking of pots, what’s the best cleaning method? I’ve got a slight noise in both my Wilson and Castledine pots.
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I don't know, I don't clean pots .
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Laservampire wrote: Mon May 28, 2018 1:31 pm Speaking of pots, what’s the best cleaning method? I’ve got a slight noise in both my Wilson and Castledine pots.
Deoxit spray will probably sort it out. I don’t know if it’s technically the ‘right’ thing to do, but it’s solved scratchy wah pot problems in the past for me.
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I've saved several pots with DeoxIT D5. I don't know how anyone could deal with vintage wahs without having this stuff around.
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yes, a lot of good amp techs i know use Deoxit with good results. i've never had any, though.
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Cleaning depends on the pot, really. Some are totally enclosed and hard to get at; others are very easy to give a quick spray. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's only a temporary fix. Lots of old wahs will start out crackly and then settle down after a bit of vigorous treadle action, and lots of old wah guys are happy to live with that.
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innerflight wrote: Mon May 28, 2018 8:23 am Yeah #1 just jumped out at me from the beginning, it must have spoke to me on a subconscious level and that’s why I picked up on it

Btw my Wah is a Pigdog but has a Castledine pot

Likely so

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Deoxit brand fader cleaner/lube is hard to come by here, is Servisol just as good?
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rootfifthoctave wrote: Wed May 30, 2018 11:29 am Deoxit brand fader cleaner/lube is hard to come by here, is Servisol just as good?
Don't know if it's exactly the same but it's what I (and every guitar/amp tech I've ever known) use here in Oz.
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