Hey all, new to this forum, have no experience in electronics and needing some help.
I'm a guitar player, and use a Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive pedal in my setup (Voodoo Lab - Sparkle Drive). Was tidying up my room today and notice there was a lot of dust built up under the knobs. I couldn't quite reach under them to get the dust out, so cautiously used a flathead screwdriver to ease the knobs off. I started on the volume pedal, and it moved a short way before I couldn't get it any further - I realised there was a tiny screw in the back of the knob that I needed to unscrew to get it off. Clearly I wasn't careful enough, as after I took the knob off and dusted I realised I had done something wrong. The knob no longer stopped at the end of its rotation - just kept going and going. I plugged it into the amp and the knob had no effect - seemed to be at about 25%.
I decided to open it up, just to have a look, and after taking the back off I immediately noticed something was rattling around in there. I took it all apart, after popping out the volume knob i saw this:
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I found what had been making the rattling noise:
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Here's the back of the other knobs for reference:
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I assumed it would go together like this:
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However, the knob won't seem to go into that ??? part without some force, and I'm getting the idea that might not be what I need to do.
Anyone have any ideas? This might be simple, but I don't even know where to start.
And yes, I'm aware of how stupid I am for ever getting into this situation!
I'm a guitar player, and use a Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive pedal in my setup (Voodoo Lab - Sparkle Drive). Was tidying up my room today and notice there was a lot of dust built up under the knobs. I couldn't quite reach under them to get the dust out, so cautiously used a flathead screwdriver to ease the knobs off. I started on the volume pedal, and it moved a short way before I couldn't get it any further - I realised there was a tiny screw in the back of the knob that I needed to unscrew to get it off. Clearly I wasn't careful enough, as after I took the knob off and dusted I realised I had done something wrong. The knob no longer stopped at the end of its rotation - just kept going and going. I plugged it into the amp and the knob had no effect - seemed to be at about 25%.
I decided to open it up, just to have a look, and after taking the back off I immediately noticed something was rattling around in there. I took it all apart, after popping out the volume knob i saw this:
**broken link removed**
**broken link removed**
I found what had been making the rattling noise:
**broken link removed**
**broken link removed**
Here's the back of the other knobs for reference:
**broken link removed**
I assumed it would go together like this:
**broken link removed**
However, the knob won't seem to go into that ??? part without some force, and I'm getting the idea that might not be what I need to do.
Anyone have any ideas? This might be simple, but I don't even know where to start.
And yes, I'm aware of how stupid I am for ever getting into this situation!