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Re: [elektron] broken Knob On MD

2004-05-22 by kvasimesis

i experienced exactly the same with monomachine; there was some shit 
behind the lcd when i received the synth. luckily i asked what's the 
score from the support and they told not to remove the 
knobs/panel 'cos i'd most propably end up with a broken knobs. i 
guess i have to just live with it... :(


> There was a bit of grit or swark behind the LCD so all I did was 
> unscrew the face plate and ease the pots off the stems and blow 
with 
> some canned air the grit away.
> 
> The pots didn't like being lifted unfortunatley (very stiff -
> snap!!).I've done this numerous times on other equipment with no 
> problems.
> 
> just seen the pictures of the guy who opened his up in the links 
> section and indeed they are mounted on the board. Looks like shes 
> going back to Sweden for a makeover.
> 
> Unless they can send me some new pots to solder myself
> 
> Damn
> 
> Jez
> 
> (Nice first post eh ?)

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